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Literature & Poetry > Heine, Heinrich > The Lorelei
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...I do not know what haunts me,
What saddened my mind all day;
An age-old tale confounds me,
A spell I cannot allay....
Heinrich Heine [1797-1856]
original name: Harry Heine
changed to: Christian Johann Heinrich Heine
excerpt from Die Lorelei,
set to music by Friedrich Silcher in 1837.