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by Theodor Fontane (1819 - 1898)

Es kann die Ehre dieser Welt
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es kann die Ehre dieser Welt
Dir keine Ehre geben,
Was dich in Wahrheit hebt und hält,
Muß in dir selber leben.

Wenn's deinem Innersten gebricht
An echten Stolzes Stütze,
Ob dann die Welt dir Beifall spricht,
Ist all dir wenig nütze.

Das flücht'ge Lob, des Tages Ruhm
Magst du dem Eitlen gönnen;
Das aber sei dein Heiligtum:
Vor dir bestehen können.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Theodor Fontane (1819 - 1898), no title, from Sprüche, no. 4 [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 Hugo Wilhelm Ludwig Kaun (1863 - 1932), "Von dir bestehen können", op. 72 (Männerchöre) no. 11 [ men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Kahnt Nachfolger [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ernst Hermann Meyer (1905 - 1988), "Ehre" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Friedrich Wilhelm Welter (1900 - 1984), "Spruch", op. 27 no. 4, published 1940 [ alto or baritone and piano ], from O Leben, Leben. Gesänge für Alt oder Bariton mit Klavier, no. 4, Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Wilke & Co.  [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson

This text was added to the website: 2007-12-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 62

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