Poesie ist tiefes Schmerzen,
Und es kommt das echte Lied
Einzig aus dem Menschenherzen
Das ein tiefes Leid durchglüht.

[Doch die höchsten Poesien
Schweigen wie der höchste Schmerz,
Nur wie Geisterschatten ziehen
Stumm sie durchs gebrochne Herz.]1

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Text Authorship:

• by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Poesie", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Poesie", 2013 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Carl Eduard Partzsch (1833 - 1890), "Poesie", op. 65 (Drei Lieder für Alt (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1876 [ alto or baritone and piano ], Braunschweig, Fischer & Mohr [sung text not yet checked]
• by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Poesie. Dem Justinus-Kerner-Verein in Weinsberg zum 200. Geburtstagsjubiläum des Meisters", 1986, unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]
• by John Stainer (1840 - 1901), "Poesie", published 1892, from Seven Songs, no. 7, also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "Kerner: Poesie", op. 5 (Sieben Gedichte) no. 5, published 1919 [sung text checked 1 time]

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• by Wilhelm Platz , "Motto", published 1900, from Hundert Lieder, no. 1
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• Also set in English, a translation by John Stainer (1840 - 1901) , "Poesy" ; composed by John Stainer.
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