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The air grows cool and darkles, The Rhine flows calmly on The mountain summit sparkles In the light of the setting sun.

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Heinrich Heine
Age: 58 †
Born: 1797
Born: December 13
Died: 1856
Died: February 17
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Dusseldorf
Christian Johann Heinrich Heine
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Christian Heine
Christian Johann Heinrich Harry Heine
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