Freunde

Schmerzen und Freuden
Reift jede Stunde
Zu goldenen [Feldern]1 Ernten,
Und zwischen den Ähren lächelt auf
Aus Blumen die Schönheit.

Aber den Herzen einzusammeln,
Freunde, eint eure Kraft mit uns:
Laßt uns vom Irdischen
Bergen das Göttliche,
Daß wir das Leben
Ernten!

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Confirmed with Ferdinand Avenarius, Stimmen und Bilder. Neuere Gedichte, Neunte, verbesserte und stark vermehrte Auflage, München: Georg D. W. Callwey, [1911], page 26

Authorship

• by Ferdinand Avenarius (1856 - 1923), "Freunde", appears in Stimmen und Bilder, in Ehe [ 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 Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Freunde", 1903-4, from Drei Avenarius Lieder, no. 3. [ sung text verified 1 time]

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