About “Heidenröslein”
"Heidenröslein" is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, written in 1771 during his Strasbourg period and inspired by his relationship with Friederike Brion. It was first published as verse in 1789 by Georg Joachim Göschen. The poem describes a young man who sees a freshly blooming rose on a heath and decides to pluck it despite its warning that it will prick him. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
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- 1789