Germany.A Winter's Tale
A novel song,a better song,
My friends,I'll have you try!
Let's make a heaven here below,
Not wait for one in the sky.
We want to taste of bliss on earth,
No longer starve and wait,
Make gready drones stop squandering
What toiling hands create.
This earth produces bread enough
For all who on it dwell,
And roses and myrtle,beauty and joy,
And sugarplums as well.
Yes---sugarplums for everyone
To sweeten bread and curds!
The kingdom of heaven we gladly leave
To the angels and the birds.
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The Songs of Love & Grief,Heinrich Heine.