Morning Sun in Winter

Christian Morgenstern (1871 -1914)

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On the ice-covered windows

In the morning sunlight

Flowers and clods begin to sprout

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Dissolve in diamond tears

Their frost and their density

Runs down in strands of pearls

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Heart, O heart, after long pondering

Let the story of your happiness

Write diamond tears too.

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