Heinrich Heine Quotes


The beauteous dragonfly's dancing By the waves of the rivulet glancing; She dances here and she dances there, The glimmering, glittering flutterer fair. Full many a beetle with loud applause Admires her dress of azure gauze, Admires her body's bright splendour, And also her figure so slender...


Citations

Heine, Heinrich. The Poems of Heine. Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring, George Bell & Sons, 1878, p. 453.

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Heinrich Heine
Heinrich Heine
  • Born: December 13, 1797
  • Died: February 17, 1856
  • Nationality: German
  • Profession: Poet, Essayist, Journalist, Literary Critic

Christian Johann Heinrich Heine was a German poet, writer and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of lieder (art songs) by composers such as Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert. Heine's later verse and prose are distinguished by their satirical wit and irony. He is considered part of the Young Germany movement. His radical political views led to many of his works being banned by German authorities—which, however, only added to his fame. He spent the last 25 years of his life as an expatriate in Paris.