Poems (Hooper)/Seest Thou the Sea?

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SEEST THOU THE SEA?
Siehst du das Meer? Es glänzt auf seiner Fluth.

Seest thou the sea? How glitters on its breast
      The morning light!
Yet in the depths wherein the pearls do rest
      Is darkest night.

That sea am I. How in proud waves has roll'd
      My mind's unrest!
My songs have sparkled like the sunlight gold
      Upon its breast.

How joyous oft has rung th' enchanted strain
      With love and jest,
While bled my heart amid its silent pain
      Hid in my breast!
Geibel.

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