Christian Friedrich Hebbel

"Was du teurer bezahlst, die Lüge oder die Wahrheit? Jene kostet dein Ich, diese doch höchstens dein Glück."

"Tall as they grow, the flowers Are pale here, as if dead. Just one right in the middle Stands there so dark and red. Its hue is not from the daylight, No sun has burned this bud, Its red is from the earth bed, And that drank human blood!"