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by Friedrich Adolf Krummacher (1768 - 1845)

Wenn einst mein Lebenstag sich neiget
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wenn einst mein Lebenstag sich neiget,
Und meine lezte Stunde schlagt,
Die Zung’ erlahmt, der Odem schweiget
Und kaum das matte Herz sich regt —
Und nun mein suchend Auge bricht —
O du mein Licht,
Mein Trost und Licht,
Herr Jesu, dann verlaß mich nicht.

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Confirmed with Das Neujahrsfest. Eine Schrift für das Volk von F. A. Krummacher, Essen und Duisburg, Bädeker, 1819, page 352.


Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Adolf Krummacher (1768 - 1845), no title, appears in Das Neujahrsfest. Eine Schrift für das Volk, first published 1819 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Gebet", 1826 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Laura Prichard [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2017-06-01
Line count: 8
Word count: 46

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