<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=553860" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>German Song.</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Music — Krëusser.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Thou poor blind girl<br>Why clings't thou thus to me,<br>Is yonder battle field<br>A fitting place for thee?<br>Gentlest of beings fly<br>Hearest thou not the cannons roar?<br>Leave me to destiny<br>Gertrude I can no more!'<br>'Can the soft gale<br>Of spring when first it blows,<br>Or the richest perfume<br>Of violet or rose,<br>To thy sad Gertrude yield,<br>Delight when thou'rt afar?<br>Shun love the battle field —<br>Tempt not the war'.<br>'Gertrude, my latest kiss<br>Rests on thy forehead fair,<br>While from the pale, pale cheek<br>I part thy radiant hair;<br>Yes! next my heart<br>I place this shining curl,<br>For we must part —<br>Farewell my poor blind girl.'<br>'Warrior farewell!<br>Blessings thy steps attend,<br>I have but prayers to give<br>To thee my only friend;<br>Deprived of Heaven's own light<br>Thy presence was a ray<br>That made my darkness bright<br>As summer's gorgeous day.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Fidelia+S+T+Hill">Fidelia S T Hill</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=553860" data-title="German Song. de Fidelia S T Hill" data-description="Music — Krëusser. 'Thou poor blind girl Why clings't thou thus to me, Is yonder battle field A fitting place for thee? Gentlest of beings fly Hearest thou not the cannons roar? Leave me to destiny Gertrude I can no more!' 'Can the soft gale Of..."></div> </div> </div>

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