Translations. - Lyrisches Intermezzo. Xxxviii. (from Heine.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFG FHFH IJKJ DLMN MOPQ| The phantoms of times forgotten | A |
| Arise from out their grave | B |
| And show me how once in thy presence | C |
| I lived the life it gave | B |
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| In the day I wandered dreaming | D |
| Through the streets with unsteady foot | E |
| The people looked at me in wonder | F |
| I was so mournful and mute | G |
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| At night then it was better | F |
| For empty was the town | H |
| I and my shadow together | F |
| Walked speechless up and down | H |
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| My way with echoing footstep | I |
| Over the bridge I took | J |
| The moon broke out of the waters | K |
| And gave me a meaning look | J |
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| I stopped before thy dwelling | D |
| And gazed and gazed again | L |
| Stood staring up at thy window | M |
| My heart was in such pain | N |
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| I know that thou from thy window | M |
| Didst often look downward and | O |
| Sawest me there in the moonlight | P |
| A motionless pillar stand | Q |
George Macdonald
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