Am See

Es starrt die alte Weide
So trübe in den See, 
Die dunkle Flut erzählt ihr
Ein Märchen voll dunklem Weh: 

Es hatten zwei geschlossen
In Liebe einen Bund,
Nun liegen sie umschlungen
Tief in dem kühlen Grund.  

Er mußte hinaus, als der Himmel
In schweren Wolken hing,  -- 
Da er nicht wiederkehrte,
Die Maid ihn suchen ging. 

Confirmed with Über Land und Meer: allgemeine illustrierte Zeitung, Stuttgart: Deutsche-Verlags-Anstalt, Band 54, issue no. 41, 1885, page 909.

Authorship

• by Georg Doleschal , as Oskar Welten, "Am See" [ 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 Karl Otto Krause (1854 - 1909), "Am See", published 1899 [voice and piano], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 4, Berlin, Challier & Co. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Fritz Volbach , "Am See", op. 20 (Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1899 [medium voice and piano], Mainz, Schott [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Alexander Winterberger (1834 - 1914), "Am See", op. 91 (Dreissig Lieder und Gesänge) no. 13, published 1885 [high voice and piano], Leipzig, Schuberth & Co. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

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