Geheimnißvoller Klang,
Für Geister der Luft besaitet,
Von keines Menschen Gesang,
Von Stürmen nur begleitet.

In deinen Tiefen sind
Die Melodien der Sterne, --
So ruft ein weinend Kind
Der Mutter in die Ferne.

Laute der Trösterin Einsamkeit!
So ziehen über Fluthen Schwäne,
So wiegt in Träume der Seligkeit
Die schmerzenstillenden Thräne.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Hermann Lingg, Zweite Auflage, Stuttgart, Verlag der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1869, page 130.

Note: in many older editions, the spelling of the word "Äolsharfe" becomes "Aeolsharfe", but as can be seen in how "über" becomes "Ueber" when capitalized, this is due to the printing process and not to rules of orthography, so we use "Äolsharfe". Note as well that modern German would change some spellings including "Geheimnißvoller" -> "Geheimnisvoller", "Fluthen" -> "Fluten", "Thräne" -> "Träne", etc.

Text Authorship:

• by Hermann von Lingg (1820 - 1905), "Äolsharfe", appears in Gedichte, in Eine Idylle in Liedern [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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