Mathilde Blind image
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Born in 1841 / Died in 1896 / Germany / German

Poems by Mathilde Blind

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The Dead

... They have forged our chains of being for good or ill ...

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You Make The Sunshine Of My Heart

... My thoughts hum round you, Dear, like bees ...

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Delight

... Or like birds or blossoms, takest thou thy flight-- ...

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I Am Athirst, But Not For Wine

... Heaven's in that little word-your love! ...

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Our Souls Have Touched Each Other

...  My fleeting self from thine, ...

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Haunted Streets

... And leaps our heart toward eyes and mouth and hair: ...

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A White Night

...   Between grey isles, whose copse and brake ...

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A Bridal In The Bois De Boulogne.

...   Through the veins of the greenwood, the blades of the grass ...

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Suffering

... Thus in some new-found land where no man's feet ...

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The Sower

... All life is seed, dropped in Time's yawning furrow, ...

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The Beautiful Beeshareen Boy

...   From England's storm-girt isle, ...

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Sundered Paths

... Fledged by strong love, their wingèd speech ...

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A Child's Fancy

... Looked down from heaven and sweetly smiled ...

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Question And Answer

...   With all their changeful spray ...

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Spring In The Alps

... And far above Earth's flower-filled lap ...