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Author: Sir John Bowring (1792-1872)

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Hymns
The poems of Heine complete

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Away, thou swarthy witch! Go forth
Christmas Song (Watchman, tell us of the night ) (from Hymns) - A. Hovhaness
Loved one -- gladly would I know it (from The poems of Heine complete) FRE
No, that can never be! (Yes! I must leave, -- O, yes!) GER
Say, sparkling streamlet, whither thou
The flutes and fiddles are sounding (from The poems of Heine complete) DUT CAT ITA FRE HEB FIN SPA CZE RUS BAQ SPA
The Maid of the Mill's Repentance (Away, thou swarthy witch! Go forth )
The Maid of the Mill's Treachery (Whence comes our friend so hastily)
The Page and the Miller's Daughter (Where goest thou? Where? ) FRL
The solitary tear - C. Zerrahn DUT ITA FRE HUN FRE [x]
The watchman's report (Watchman, tell us of the night ) (from Hymns) - K. Weigl
The Youth and the Millstream (Say, sparkling streamlet, whither thou )
They sat round the tea-table drinking FRE
Thy face, so lovely and serene (from The poems of Heine complete) FRE DUT
To me thou wert faithful and steady (from The poems of Heine complete) FRE
'Twas in the beauteous month of May (from The poems of Heine complete) DUT CAT ITA FRE HEB FIN SPA ROM ITA SWE FRE UKR SPA
Watchman, tell us (Watchman, tell us of the night ) (from Hymns) - D. McAfee
Watchman, tell us of the night (from Hymns)
D. McAfee: Watchman, tell us
K. Weigl: The watchman's report
C. Ives: Watchman!
L. Lynn, L. Mason, L. Trowbridge, D. Wood: Watchman! tell us of the night
A. Hovhaness: Christmas Song

Watchman! (Watchman, tell us of the night ) (from Hymns) - C. Ives
Watchman! tell us of the night (Watchman, tell us of the night ) (from Hymns) - L. Lynn, L. Mason, L. Trowbridge, D. Wood
Whence comes our friend so hastily
Where goest thou? Where? FRL
Yes! I must leave, -- O, yes! GER
Yield, thou castle! (Yield, thou castle ! yield) GER
Yield, thou castle ! yield GER