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Ich ruh' am Silberteich Gebettet in den Rasen, Wie drüben Zapfenstreich Im Dorf Dragoner blasen. Der Töne Vollgenuß Erregt mich süß und bange, Hell wiehert seinen Gruß Mein Rapp' dem trauten Klange. Nun denkst du, treues Thier, An fliegende Standarten, An manch ein gut Quartier Auf unsern welschen Fahrten. Und leise klingt ein Ruf Uns aus entschwundnen Tagen, -- Doch morgen soll dein Huf Zu neuem Glück mich tragen!
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Confirmed with Gemüth und Welt. Gedichte von Friedrich Marx, Dritte, um die Hälfte vermehrte Auflage, Leipzig: Verlag von Ernst Julius Günther, 1877, page 192.
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This text was added to the website: 2026-08-20
Line count: 16
Word count: 68
I rest beside the silvery pond Bedded in the grass, As over yonder in the village The dragoons are playing taps. The full enjoyment of the tones Moves me sweetly and anxiously, Brightly my faithful black steed whinnies His greeting to the familiar sound. Now you are thinking, faithful animal, Of fluttering standards, Of many good quarters [that we have inhabited] Upon our Italian journeyings. And quietly comes a call to us From out of vanished days, -- But tomorrow your hooves shall Carry me to new good fortune!
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"Des Soldaten Abendlied" = "The soldier's evening song"
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This text was added to the website: 2026-08-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 88
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