Hab' ich Tage lang geblicket

Hab' ich Tage lang geblicket 
Auf die blaue Meeresflut, 
Und die Boten ausgeschicket 
Meiner heißen Liebesglut! 

Und sie konnten nicht erschauen 
Auf der weiten Meeresflut 
Jene liebehellen, blauen 
Augen, drin der Himmel ruht.

Eine Lotosblume nickte 
Endlich aus der blauen Flut,
Und wie sie mein Aug' erblickte,
Ward gestillt des Herzens Glut.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Gedichte von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Auswahl von Frauenhand. Hannover, Carl Rümpler, 1862, page 308.

Authorship

• by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), no title, written 1840, appears in Helgolander Lieder, no. 2 [ author's text checked 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffmann (1820 - 1900), "Bertha", op. 9 no. 2, published 1848 [soprano or tenor and piano], from Helgolander Lieder von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, no. 2, Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [
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