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by Theodor Storm (1817 - 1888)

Vergebliche Mühe
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich hielt mein Herz verschlossen 
im engen Kämmerlein,
das hat die Lieb' verdrossen
und stürmend zog sie ein.

Sie hat zum Raub' genommen
meine Herz mit zwingender Macht,
läßt es zu Ruh' nicht kommen
noch spät um Mitternacht.

Wer kann die Starke zügeln,
wenn sie nicht rasten will?
Sie trägt auf feurigen Flügeln
ein Herz, wohin sie will.

Text Authorship:

  • by Theodor Storm (1817 - 1888) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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

  • by Franz von Holstein (1826 - 1878), "Vergebliche Mühe", op. 43 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4 (1880), published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Peter Donderwinkel

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 58

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