The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems/The Sea Hath Its Pearls

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

THE SEA HATH ITS PEARLS.

FROM THE GERMAN OF HEINRICH HEINE.

The sea hath its pearls,The heaven hath its stars;But my heart, my heart,My heart hath its love.

Great are the sea and the heaven;Yet greater is my heart,And fairer than pearls and starsFlashes and beams my love.

Thou little, youthful maiden,Come unto my great heart;My heart, and the sea, and the heavenAre melting away with love!