Laß mich vor dir niedersinken

Laß mich vor dir niedersinken,
Blicken in dein Angesicht.
Laß mich ätherdürsten trinken
Deines Auges reines Licht. 

Laß mich dir begeistert singen
Einen letzten Erdengruß,
Meine Arme um dich schlingen
Und vergehn an deinem Kuß. 

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Nach dem Gewitter. Gedichte von Betty Paoli, Pesth: Gustav Heckenast, 1843, page 55.

Authorship

• by Barbara Elisabeth Glück (1814 - 1894), as Betty Paoli, no title, appears in Nach dem Gewitter. Gedichte, in Lieder, no. 46, Pesth: in Commission bei Gustav Heckenast, first published 1843 [ 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 Julie Sophie Marie Agathe von Pfeilschifter (1840 - 1918), "Lass mich vor dir niedersinken", published 1880 [voice and piano], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Leipzig: C. F. Kahnt Nachf. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Julie von Waldburg-Wurzach, Fürstin (b. 1841), "Lass' mich vor dir niedersinken", op. 48, published 1886 [medium voice and piano], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Stuttgart, Ebner [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

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