Freywilliges Versinken | Freiwilliges Versinken | Wohin, o Helios? in Fluthen

by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836)

Wohin, o Helios? in Fluthen

Language: German (Deutsch)

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Wohin, o Helios? in Fluthen
Will ich den Flammenleib versenken,
Gewiß im Innern, neue Gluthen
Der Erde nach Bedarf zu schenken.

Ich nehme nichts, gewohnt zu geben;
Und wie verschwenderisch mein Leben,
Umhüllt mein Scheiden goldne Pracht,
Ich scheide herrlich, naht die Nacht.

Wie bleich der Mond, wie matt die Sterne!
So lang ich kräftig mich bewege,
Erst wenn ich ab die Krone lege,
Wird ihnen Muth und Glanz in ihrer Ferne.

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• F. Schubert

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Johann Mayrhofer. Wien. Bey Friedrich Volke. 1824, page 175.

Note: Schubert received Mayrhofer's texts generally in handwriting; the printed edition of Mayrhofer's poems appeared much later and presents the texts usually in a revised version.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Freywilliges Versinken" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Freiwilliges Versinken", D 700 (1820), published 1831 [ voice, piano ], A. Diabelli & Co., VN 3708, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]

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