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Wie geisterhaft im Sinken Und Steigen ist mein Leben. Stets seh' ich mich mir winken, dem Winkendem entschweben. Ich seh' mich als Gelächter, als tiefe Trauer wieder, als wilden Redeflechter; doch alles dies sinkt nieder. Und ist zu allen Zeiten wohl niemals recht gewesen. Ich bin vergeßne Weiten Zu wandern auserlesen.
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This text was added to the website: 2007-08-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 51
A phantom in its falling and rising is my being. Ever I see me calling myself yet from me fleeing. I see myself -- a laughter, a sadness darkly sprawling, a demagogue thereafter; yet everything is falling. And may in my life's phases have never had a bearing. In long forgotten spaces I find myself wayfaring.
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
This text was added to the website: 2009-04-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 55
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