Money bequeathed to my wife "on the express condition that … - Heinrich Heine

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Money bequeathed to my wife "on the express condition that she remarry. I want at least one person to be truly bereaved by my death."

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About Heinrich Heine

Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (December 13, 1797 – February 17, 1856) was a journalist, an essayist, and one of the most significant German romantic poets. Jewish by birth, he converted to Lutheran Christianity as an adult.

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Alternative Names: Christian Johann Heinrich Heine • Christian Heine • Christian Johann Heinrich "Harry" Heine • Heine

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I cannot explain the sadness
That's fallen on my breast.
An old, old fable haunts me,
And will not let me rest.

So we keep asking, over and over,
Until a handful of earth
Stops our mouths —
But is that an answer?

Sie war liebenswürdig und er liebte sie. / Er aber war nicht liebenswürdig / und sie liebte ihn nicht. (Altes Stück)

Money bequeathed to my wife "on the express condition that she remarry. I want at least one person to be truly bereaved by my death." - Heinrich Heine

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