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O sagt, wohin der Friede trieb, Der stille Hirt, zu Thal? O sagt mir, wo die Liebe blieb? Dahin möcht' ich einmal!
Confirmed with C. Reinhold, Gedichte, Stuttgart: Carl Mäcken, 1853, page 21.
First published in C. Reinhold, Die Kinder der Fremde, Bremen: Verlag von Franz Schlodtmann, 1847, page 53.
Note for Silcher's setting: when "Dahin" is repeated in line 4 (word 1), it becomes "Ach, dahin".
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Word count: 22
Oh tell me whither peace, The quiet shepherd, drifted into the valley? Oh tell me, where love went to dwell? Thither I would like to go sometime!
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This text was added to the website: 2022-09-29
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Word count: 27
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