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Heinrich Heine
13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856 / Dusseldorf
The Fir-Tree And The Palm
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A lonely fir-tree standeth
On a height where north winds blow ;
It sleepeth, with whitened garment,
Enshrouded by ice and snow.
It dreameth of a palm-tree,
That far in the Eastern land,
Lonely and silent, mourneth
On its burning shelf of sand.
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