Verschwiegne Liebe wird zur Schlange,
Die unsers Lebens Ruhe stört,
Sie tilgt das Roth von unsrer Wange,
Sie ist´s, die jeden Reiz verheert –
Und die man doch so gern und lange
Mit Schmerz in seinem Busen nährt.

Gabriele von Baumberg
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