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Du Kirchlein dort am Himmelssaum, Fern, fern, im letzten Abendstrahl! O wie entfacht mit einem Mal Dein Gruß in mir so schönen Traum! Bist du's, bist du's, o Kirchlein, sag, Drin eine Heerde brüderlich Im einen Geist des Friedens sich, Im einen Glauben sammeln mag? Bist du's, bist du's? -- So lange schon Such' ich die Stätte nah und fern! -- Drin himmlisch rein zu Gott dem Herrn Sich schwingt der Liebe Jubelton? -- Mein Kirchlein! jäh am Himmelssaum Versinkst du mit dem letzten Strahl! Ach wann, ach wann erfüllt ein Mal Auf Erden sich mein schöner Traum?
Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 303.
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This text was added to the website: 2026-02-16
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You little chuch there at the edge of the sky, Far, far away, in the last evening sunbeam! Oh how all of a sudden your greeting Ignites such a beautiful dream within me! Is it you, is it you, oh tell me, little church, In which a single flock may gather As brethren in a united spirit of peace, In a united belief? Is it you, is it you? -- For so long already I have searched for that place far and wide! -- [Are you the place] in which the rejoicing sound of love, Arises, heavenly pure , to God the Lord? -- My little church! precipitously perched at the edge of the sky You sink [from sight] with the last sunbeam! Ah when, ah when shall my beautiful dream Be realized on earth sometime?
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This text was added to the website: 2026-07-24
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