Song Cycle by J. Herbert Olding

2. The sea hath its pearls

Authorship

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) , "The sea hath its pearls", from The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems, published 1846

a text in German by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Buch der Lieder, in Die Nordsee, in Erster Zyklus, in 7. Nachts in der Kajüte, no. 1 FRE

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

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

Thou little, youthful maiden,
Come unto my great heart;
My heart, and the sea and the heaven
Are melting away [with]1 love!

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