AD FINEM

by: Heinrich Heine (1799-1856)

      HE years they come and go,
      The races drop in the grave,
      Yet never the love doth so
      Which here in my heart I have.
       
      Could I see thee but once, one day,
      And sink down so on my knee,
      And die in thy sight while I say,
      "Lady, I love but thee!"

This English translation of "Ad Finem" was composed by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861).

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