Drei Gesänge mit Pianofortebleitung , opus 2

by Frank Leland Limbert (1866 - 1938)

1. Es hat die Rose sich beklagt  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
  Es hat die Rose sich beklagt,
Daß gar zu schnell der Duft [vergehe]1,
Den ihr der Lenz gegeben habe --

  Da hab' ich ihr zum Trost gesagt,
Daß er durch meine Lieder wehe
Und [dort]2 ein [ew'ges]3 Leben habe.

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  • ENG English [singable] (Constance Bache) (William Stigand, né Stigant) , "The rose"
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Confirmed with Friedrich Bodenstedt's Gesammelte Schriften, Erster Band, Berlin: Verlag der Königlichen Geheimen Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei (R.v. Decker), 1865, page 52.

1 Urspruch: "verwehe"
2 Mandyczewski: "drin"
3 Keller: "ewiges"

2. Schlaf ruhig süsser Knabe

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Schlaf ruhig, süßer Knabe! Dir schickt Dein Mütterlein
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3. In memory of Sir Grey Morville's death  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
When death is coming near,
When thy heart shrinks in fear
And thy limbs fail,
Then raise thy hands and pray
To Him who smooths thy way
Through the dark vale.

Seest thou the eastern dawn,
Hearst thou in the red morn
The angel's song?
Oh, lift thy drooping head,
Thou who in gloom and dread
Hast lain so long.

Death comes to set thee free;
Oh, meet him cheerily
As thy true friend,
And all thy fears shall cease,
And in eternal peace
Thy penance end.

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