Möchte bald die Stunde kommen,
wo mein ganz befreiter Geist
von der Erde weggenommen
dich nun ewig glücklich preist!
Zitt're, Seele, länger nicht,
wenn des Körpers Bau zerbricht! 

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• by Heinrich Schnaubelt (1814 - 1871), "Ruhig ist des Todes Schlummer", op. 42 no. 27, published 1871 [ men's chorus a cappella ], from Lieder-Album für Männergesang, no. 27, Regensburg, Georg Joseph Manz
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