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"Ich grolle nicht
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"Ich grolle nicht

I can’t forget I had you,
Dear woman, sweet to hold,
That I once possessed you,
Your body, and your soul

I don’t believe in Heaven,
Whose peace the preacher cites:
I only trust your eyes now,
They’re my heavenly lights

I don’t know what it could mean,
Or why I’m so sad:
I find,
A fairy-tale, from times unseen,