Wie Lieb' und Freude rein und klar

Wie Lieb' und Freude rein und klar
Aus deinen blauen Augen spricht,
Da leuchten sie so wunderbar
Wie Nacht bei Sternenlicht.

Wer je des Himmels Lichtazur
Am Tage dunkel sah,
Der sah's von höchsten Höhen nur
Ihm selbst, dem Himmel, nah.

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Authorship

• by Hermann von Lingg (1820 - 1905), no title, appears in Bergrosen, no. 6 [ 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 Albert Wolfermann , "Wie Lieb' und Freude rein und klar", op. 8 no. 5, published 1887 [low voice and piano], from Bergrosen von Hermann Lingg. Fünf Gesänge für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianofortebleitung, no. 5, Leipzig, Klemm [
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