How Heavy The Days

Portrait of Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse 1877–1962

How heavy the days are. There's not a fire that can warm me, Not a sun to laugh with me, Everything bare, Everything cold and merciless, And even the beloved, clear Stars look desolately down, Since I learned in my heart that Love can die.

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