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Flower-Salute
THIS nosegay,--'twas I dress'd it,--
Greets thee a thousand times!
Oft stoop'd I, and caress'd it,
Ah! full a thousand times,
And 'gainst my bosom press'd it
A hundred thousand times!
1815.
Poetry
- After Sensations
- Anwers in a Game of Questions
- April
- At Midnight Hour
- Autumn Feelings
- Blindman's Bluff
- By the River
- Christel
- Comfort in Tears
- Declaration of War
- Erotica Romana
- Farewell
- Finnish Song
- First Loss
- Flower-Salute
- Found
- From the Mountain
- Gipsy Song
- In Summer
- Joy and Sorrow
- June
- Living Remembrance
- Longing
- Lover in All Shapes
- March
- May
- May Song
- Mischievous Joy
- New Love, New Life
- Next Year's Spring
- Night Song
- November Song
- On the Lake
- Premature Spring
- Presence
- Preservation
- Proximity of the Beloved One
- Reciprocal Invitation to the Dance
- Restless Love
- Rollicking Hans
- Self-Deceit
- Sicilian Song
- Such, Such is He Who Pleaseth Me
- Swiss Song
- The Beautiful Night
- The Bliss of Absence
- The Bridegroom
- The Convert
- The Coy One
- The Destruction of Magdeburg
- The Erlking
- The Exchange
- The Farewell
- The Freebooter
- The Heathrose
- The Hunter's Even-Song
- The Mountain Castle
- The Muse's Son
- The New Amadis
- The Shepherd's Lament
- The Spirit's Salute
- The Wedding Night
- To A Golden Heart
- To Belinda
- To Lina
- To Luna
- To Mignon
- To The Chosen One
- To the Distant One
- To the Moon
- To the Rising Full Moon
- True Enjoyment
- Welcome and Farewell
- Who'll Buy Gods of Love?
- With A Golden Necklace
- With A Painted Ribbon
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