Gedichte von H. Heine. Erster Band: Buch der Lieder - Heine, Heinrich 1797-1856 (Hamburg Hoffmann; Campe, 1855)
Miniaturausgabe, originally published in 1827
Heine's first major poetry book
This was a collection of already published poems. No one expected it to become one of the most popular books of German verse ever published, and sales were slow to start with, picking up when composers began setting Heine's poems as Lieder.
"Book of Songs" collection of poems containing the following sections: Junge Leiden ("Youthful Sorrows"), Die Heimkehr ("The Homecoming", originally published 1826), Lyrisches Intermezzo ("Lyrical Intermezzo", originally published 1823), "Aus der Harzreise" (poems from Travels to the Harz highlands, originally published 1826), Die Nordsee ("The North Sea: Cycles I and II", originally published 1826/1827)
Keywords: 19th Century (1801-1900); Poetry; Germany