Faßt denn ein Kelch den gold'nen Schein

Faßt denn ein Kelch den gold'nen Schein
  der ganzen grossen Sonne?
Und Du, mein Herz, Du bist so klein,
  und willst allein
  die ganze Erdenwonne?
Der Liebe Unermeßlichkeit
  begrenzt im Raum, -
und aller Himmel Seligkeit
  im Lebenstraum?

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Authorship

• by (Agnes) Mathilde Wesendonck, née Luckemeyer (1828 - 1902), no title [ 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 Reinhold Becker (1842 - 1924), "Faßt denn ein Kelch den gold'nen Schein", op. 130 no. 2, published 1905 [voice and piano], from Zwei Lieder von Mathilde Wesendonck, no. 2, Leipzig, Musikverlag C. F. Kahnt Nachfolger [
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  ]

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