Wie doch so still dir am Herzen

Wie doch so still dir am Herzen
Ruhet das Kind!
Weiß nicht, wie Mutterschmerzen
So herbe sind!
Auf Stirn und Lippen und Wangen
Ist schon vergangen
Das süße Rot.
Und dennoch heimlicherweise 
Lächelt es leise. --
Leise 
Küsset es der Tod!

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Authorship

• by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Das sterbende Kind", appears in Jugendgedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lübeck und Bonn [ 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 Günther Bartel (1833 - 1866), "Das sterbende Kind", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder für eine Alt- oder Barytonstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1873 [alto or baritone and piano], Leipzig, Kahnt [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Julius Bercht , "Das sterbende Kind", published 1900 [voice and piano], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Berlin, Stahl [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by (Karl Friedrich) Gustav Brah-Müller (1839 - 1878), "Das sterbende Kind", op. 39 (Neun Lieder, für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 8, published 1874 [voice and piano], Hamburg, Cranz [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Felix (August Bernhard) Draeseke (1835 - 1913), "Das sterbende Kind", op. 24 no. 2, published 1884 [voice and piano], from Trauer und Trost. Sechs Gesänge, no. 2, Dresden, Hoffarth [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Rich. Eckhold , "Das sterbende Kind", op. 1 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1878 [voice and piano], Dresden, Ries [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Das sterbende Kind", op. 26 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1894 [voice and piano], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884 - 1920), "Das sterbende Kind", A. Add. 2 (c1905-11). [medium voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Adolf Jensen (1837 - 1879), "Das sterbende Kind", op. 28 (Acht Lieder von E. Geibel) no. 6, published 1865 [SATB quartet], Leipzig, Peters [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Wie doch so still dir am Herzen", op. 9 (Zwei Lieder) no. 2, published 1891 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Kahnt Nachf. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Marie Charlotte Henriette von Kehler (1822 - 1882), "Das sterbende Kind", published 1885 [voice and piano], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Berlin, Barth [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Das sterbende Kind" [voice and piano], confirmed with a CD booklet [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Das sterbende Kind", op. 23 (Vier Lieder) no. 3 (1898). [medium voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Paul Umlauft (1853 - 1934), "Das sterbende Kind", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1879 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by August Walter (1821 - 1896), "Das sterbende Kind", op. 8 (Drei Gesänge für eine Alt-Stimme) no. 2, published 1851 [alto and piano], Leipzig, Fr. Kistner, Ed. no. 1779 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Bertha Frensel Wegener-Koopman (1874 - 1953), "Das sterbende Kind", published 1909, from Acht Lieder, no. 1. [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Moritz Weyermann (fl. 1872), "Das sterbende Kind", op. 1 (10 Gesänge für hohe Stimme) no. 10, published 1866 [high voice and piano], Elberfeld, Arnold [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Friedrich von Wickede (1834 - 1904), "Das sterbende Kind", op. 13 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4, published 1872 [voice and piano], Hannover, Schlüter [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by (Peter) Nicolai von Wilm (1834 - 1911), "Das sterbende Kind", op. 110 (Vier Gesänge für 1 hohe Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1893 [high voice and piano], Leipzig, O. Forberg [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Hugo Wölfl , "Das sterbende Kind", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1877 [voice and piano], Berlin, Bote & Bock [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

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