Lieb Liebchen, leg ‘s Händchen aufs Herze mein; - Ach, hörst du, wie’s pochet im Kämmerlein, Da hauset ein Zimmermann schlimm und arg, Der zimmert mir einen Totensarg. Es hämmert und klopfet bei Tag und bei Nacht; Es hat mich schon längst um den Schlaf gebracht. Ach! sputet Euch, Meister Zimmermann, Damit ich balde schlafen kann.

In 1844 Heine wrote series of musical feuilletons over several different music seasons discussing the music of the day. The Prussian government angry at the publication of Vorwärts put pressure on France to deal with its authors and in January 1845 Marx was deported to Belgium. In 1815 on Napoleon's downfall it became part of Prussia.

Heine spent the last 25 years of his life as an expatriate in Paris. He was also a journalist essayist and literary critic.