Jeg gåer som en Skygge al Verden omkring. 
Et Støvgran er Jorden i Himlenes Ring. 
Jeg selv er et Gran på den rullende Jord; 
Men Uendelighed i min Tanke dog boer.  

Henrul kun, du Sandskorn, hvorpå jeg ståer! 
Henflyv i det Dyb,[som min Tanke ei]1 nåer! 
Min Sjæl er en Himmel i Himlenes Ring, 
Et Jordgran er Larven, her pusler omkring. 

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Confirmed with Bernhard Severin Ingemann, Ahasverus, Kjøbenhavn: Andreas Seidelin, 1833, page 56.

¹ Backer-Grøndahl: "ei min Tanke flugt"

Text Authorship:

• by Bernhardt Severin Ingemann (1789 - 1862), "Jord og Himmel", appears in Ahasverus, eller Blade af Jerusalems Skomagers Lommebog [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 Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl (1847 - 1907), "Jord og Himmel", op. 56 no. 3 (1900), published 1902 [ voice and piano ], from Ahasverus: 6 Sange for Mezzo-Sopran eller Baryton, med Akkompagnement for Piano, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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