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I have lied myself, by sighing
Lovers' vows, into thy breast;
In my own toils tangled lying,
Now to earnest turns the jest.

But shouldst thou in sportive gladness
Claim thy right and from me speed,
Fiends will haunt me, and in sadness
I shall shoot myself indeed.
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Heinrich Heine
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