This poem features the death of a man who "has no eye for the jagged cliff" and "by and by" will be devoured by the waves.
This poem was adapted from a ballad written by Clemens Brentano, and was first set to music by Friedrich Silcher in a song so popular that it created a misconception about the origin of this poem's title character. This poem is set near "the crest of [a] mountain" "gleaming / in fading rays of sunshine." The speaker of this poem "cannot determine the meaning / of sorrow that fills [his] breast" but does know that a story he has heard "allows [his] mind no rest." The title character of this poem is introduced wearing glistening jewelry and using a gilded comb. This poem features the death of a man who "has no eye for the jagged cliff" and "by and by" will be devoured by the waves. For 10 points, name this German poem about a golden-haired siren by the Rhine river, by Heinrich Heine.
This poem was adapted from a ballad written by Clemens Brentano, and was first set to music by Friedrich Silcher in a song so popular that it created a misconception about the origin of this poem's title character.
"The Lorelei" [or "Die Lorelei"]