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by (Karl) Wilhelm Osterwald (1820 - 1887)

Was schwillt mein Herz, was dehnet weit
Language: German (Deutsch) 
 Was schwillt mein Herz, was dehnet weit 
  Und weiter meine Brust,
Als wär' vertauscht des Winters Leid,
  O Lenz, mit deiner Lust? 

Du holdes Licht, ist es dein Strahl,
  Der neu die Tag längt,
Dem sich der Keim der Knospen all 
  Schwellend entgegendrängt?

So grüßet dich mein innig Lied,
  Da in das Herz mir heut 
Wie süßes Frühlingsahnen zieht 
  Des Friedens Seligkeit.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Wilhelm Osterwald, Dritte umgearbeitete und vermehrte Auflage, Leipzig, Verlag von F. G. C. Leuckart (Constantin Sander), 1873, page 123.


Text Authorship:

  • by (Karl) Wilhelm Osterwald (1820 - 1887), "Was schwillt mein Herz, was dehnet weit", subtitle: "Lichtmessen ", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch: Lieder, no. 112 [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 Vinzenz Lachner (1811 - 1893), "Was schwillt mein Herz", op. 73 (Vier Lieder für Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1891 [ tenor and piano ], Karlsruhe, Schuster [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Friedrich August Naubert (1839 - 1897), "Was schwillt mein Herz", op. 8 (Sechs Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 6, published 1877 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2013-12-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 63

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