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Wo heimlich der ruhelose, Der junge Priester steht, Da ruht eine Mädchenrose Todt unterm Rosenbeet. Daß sich ihre Seelen fanden In namenloser Lust, Sie haben sich's niemals gestanden, Und niemand hat es gewußt! --
Confirmed with Sächsisch thüringisches Dichterbuch, Unter Mitwirkung von Adolf Brieger und Kurt von Rohrscheidt herausgegeben von G. Emil Barthel, Halle a. d. Saale: Verlag von Otto Hendel, 1885, page 316.
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This text was added to the website: 2026-10-08
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Where secretly the restless, The young priest stands, There rests a rose of a maiden, Dead under the rose-bed. That their souls found each other In nameless passion, They never confessed it to each other, And no one knew it! --
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This text was added to the website: 2026-10-12
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