Ljus

När kväll i själens himmel skymmer,
när livets sista stjärnljus rymmer
och själen vänder om på öde färden
och vill gå hem och har ej hem i världen...

O räddande försvar! o höga
och klara fäste i det svarta bruset:
o ljuva styrka uti ljuset,
heliga skönhet, av ditt öga!

Confirmed with Vilhelm Ekelund, Samlade dikter, Vol. 1, Under redaktion av Jonas Ellerström och med inledning av Katarina Frostenson, Stockholm: Atlantis, 2004, page 234.

Authorship

• by Vilhelm Ekelund (1880 - 1949), "Ljus", written 1903?, first published 1903 [ 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 Josef Eriksson (1872 - 1957), "Ljus", op. 33 (Vilhelm Ekelund-dikter) no. 3, published 1917, copyright © 1917. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

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