«I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I awoke from sheer boredom.»

Heinrich Heine *

* (Düsseldorf, Germany 13-Dec-1797 / Paris, France 17-Feb-1856).
Poet best known for his lyric poetry, much of which was set to music by lieder composers, most notably Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann.