Heute, nur heute Bin ich so schön, Morgen, ach, morgen Muß alles vergehn! Nur diese Stunden Bist du noch mein; Sterben, ach, sterben Soll ich allein.
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• G. Bachlund • V. Bause • B. Hummel • O. Lessmann • M. Reger • J. Schelb • F. Schreker • R. WintzerAbout the headline (FAQ)
View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Theodor Storm, Gesammelte Werke in vier Bänden. Herausgegeben und eingeleitet von Walther Herrmann. Erster Band. Gedichte / Erzählungen, Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun., Leipzig, 1895, page 168, in Immensee, with no title.
Note: Since this poem appears in the middle of a prose text, it could be that this is a quotation of someone else's poem, but most anthologies attribute it to Storm himself. Reger SW lists this as "Dichter[in] unbekannt" (unknown poet). The text is sometimes included in anthologies as "Lied des Harfenmädchens".
Text Authorship:
- by Theodor Storm (1817 - 1888), no title, appears in Immensee, in Da stand das Kind am Wege [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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