Aus den Gruben, hier im Graben

Aus den Gruben, hier im Graben 
hör ich des Propheten Sang; 
Engel schweben, ihn zu laben, 
wäre da dem Guten bang?

Löw und Löwin, hin und wider, 
schmiegen sich um ihn heran; 
ja, die sanften, frommen Lieder
habens ihnen angetan!

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Authorship

• by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Novelle, chapter 6 [ 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 Arnold Mendelssohn (1855 - 1933), "Kind und Löwe", published 1909. [
   text not verified 
  ]

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