Schön die Schöne zu begrüssen

Schön die Schöne zu begrüssen,
Halten wir für heil'ge Pflicht;
O mein Lied, bring' ihr den süssen
Gruss der Lieb'; vergiss es nicht!

Sag ihr, wenn sie die Gedichtchen
Liest, dass sie nicht böse thut.
Nur ein freundliches Gesichtchen,
Liebes Kind, und es ist gut.

Submitted by Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

Authorship

• by Friedrich Adolf Ludwig von Oeynhausen (1795 - 1871), first published 1872 [ 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 Julius Otto Grimm (1827 - 1903), "Schön die Schöne zu begrüssen", op. 20 (Lieder und Gesänge) no. 1, published 1885 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [
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