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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Geister (auf dem Gange):
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Geister (auf dem Gange):]1
 Drinnen gefangen ist einer!
 Bleibet haußen, folg ihm keiner!
 Wie im Eisen der Fuchs,
 Zagt ein alter Höllenluchs.
 Aber gebt Acht!
 Schwebet hin, schwebet [wider]2,
 Auf und nieder,
 Und er hat sich losgemacht.
 Könnt ihr ihm nützen,
 Laßt ihn nicht sitzen!
 Denn er tat uns allen
 Schon viel zu Gefallen.

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•   A. Radziwill 

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1 Radziwill: "Chor der bösen Geister"
2 Radziwill: "wieder"

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Faust, in Der Tragödie erster Teil (Part I) [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 Antoni Henryk Radziwill, Fürst (1775 - 1833), "Choral in der Kirche", published 1835, from Compositionen zu Göthe's Faust, no. 7, Berlin: Zum ausschliesslichen Debit in Commission bei T. Trautwein, Buch-und Musikhandlung [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-12-17
Line count: 13
Word count: 54

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