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by Georg Friedrich Konrad Ludwig Gerstenbergk (1780 - 1838)

Verschwunden
Language: German (Deutsch) 
In das Land der [seligen]1 Liebe, 
An der Grenze des ewigen Glücks, 
Mit Sehnsucht, daß es mir bliebe, 
Schaut ich hinein, voll ahnenden Blicks.  

Sah von allen Himmeln hernieder 
Engel steigen im freundlichen Kor.  --  
Sah' All' sie verschwinden dann wieder 
Und es schloß sich das flammende Thor. 

Was ich gesehen, was ich empfunden,
Saget die stumme Strophe dir nicht  --  
Denn der Laut ist schüchtern gebunden  --  
Ohne Hoffnung die Liebe nicht spricht! 

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Confirmed with Georg Friedrich Konrad Ludwig Gerstenbergk, Phalänen, Leipzig: J. F. Gleditsch, 1817, page 43.

1 Haeser: "seligsten"; further changes may exist not shown above.

Text Authorship:

  • by Georg Friedrich Konrad Ludwig Gerstenbergk (1780 - 1838), "Verschwunden", appears in Phalänen [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 August Ferdinand Häser (1779 - 1844), "Verschwunden", 1819 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2020-04-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 72

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