It's Heinrich Heine.  Here is the rest:

Du bist wie eine Blume,
So hold und schon und rein;
Ich schau' dich an, und Wehmut
Schleicht mir ins Herz hinein.

Mir ist, als ob ich die Hande
Aufs Haupt dir legen sollt',
Betend, das Gott dich erhalte
So rein und schon und hold.


I cannot make the umlauts or the sign for the "s" sound in "das" in this
email even though I have it for my word processing, so apologies to
Gunnar especially.
Nancy


Date sent:              Mon, 10 Feb 2003 21:22:57 -0800
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Danke sehr! Ich habe das nicht weisen!

Dr. Peter C. Montgomery
Dept. of English
Camosun College
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From: Nancy Gish [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 8:53 PM
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. . .
So hold und schon und rein;
Ich schau' dich an und Wehmut
Schleicht mir ins Herz hinein.



(Sorry about the missing umlaut)



Date sent:              Mon, 10 Feb 2003 19:26:29 -0800
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From:                   Peter Montgomery <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:                Re: Hofgarten and the hyacint garden
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Du bist wie eine blume.....

P.

Dr. Peter C. Montgomery
Dept. of English
Camosun College
3100 Foul Bay Rd.
Victoria, BC CANADA V8P 5J2
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-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 2:32 PM
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German can be extremely beautiful.  We all hear harsh WWII sounds in
films, but read or listen to Rilke.  German has sounds like the ch in
Licht and ich that are much softer than English, and the German L is
further back in the throat and sounds far more beautiful. Nancy




Date sent:              Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:14:48 -0600
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From:                   Carrol Cox <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:                Re: Hofgarten and the hyacint garden
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> Sara Trevisan wrote:
>
>  I, too,  consider German  as unpleasant sounding.

German sounds pretty good in The Magic Flute.

Carrol