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Littell's Living Age/Volume 170/Issue 2201/To my Mother

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144594Littell's Living AgeVolume 170, Issue 2201: To my MotherJohn Dennis (1825-1911)Heinrich Heine

I left thee once in mad desire to find
     The love for which my spirit yearned with pain;
     At many a door I knocked and knocked in vain,
Craving love's alms which none to grant inclined,
     But laughing, treated me with cold disdain;
Yet still I wandered, eager in the quest,
Forever seeking, and for aye unblest,
     Since no one gave the boon for which I pined.
Then, mother! turning to my home I went
     With weary steps and sorrow-numbing care,
And lo! my pain was lost in sweet content,
     For what I sought came to me unaware;
In the dear eyes that on thy son were bent
     All I had asked I found, for love was there.