Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume III. Sorrow and Consolation. 1904. | | | | I. Disappointment in Love | | The Palm and the Pine | | Heinrich Heine (1797–1856) |
| | From the German by Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton |
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BENEATH an Indian palm a girl | |
| Of other blood reposes; | |
| Her cheek is clear and pale as pearl | |
| Amid that wild of roses. | |
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| Beside a northern pine a boy | 5 |
| Is leaning fancy-bound, | |
| Nor listens where with noisy joy | |
| Awaits the impatient hound. | |
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| Cool grows the sick and feverish calm, | |
| Relaxed the frosty twine,— | 10 |
| The pine-tree dreameth of the palm, | |
| The palm-tree of the pine. | |
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| As soon shall nature interlace | |
| Those dimly-visioned boughs, | |
| As these young lovers face to face | 15 |
| Renew their early vows. | | | |
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