Es wogt die Saat, es wallt der See, 
Am Waldessaume ruht das Reh, 
[Nur leis' die Wipfel rauschen.]1  
Ich steh gelehnt am Wiesenhag, 
Und könnte so den ganzen Tag 
Dem stillen Sonntag lauschen.

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Confirmed with Cornelia. Taschenbuch für deutsche Frauen, 49. Jahrgang, ed. by "Frater Hilarius", Darmstadt: Gustav Georg Lange, 1864, page 181.

¹ omitted by Abt.

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• by Friedrich Güll (1812 - 1879), "Sonntags" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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• by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Sonntagsfrühe", op. 517 ([Acht] Kinderlieder mit leichter Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Forberg
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