by Ottilie Wildermuth (1817 - 1877)
Schlafe Kindlein, schlafe
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Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
Schlafe Kindlein, schlafe, Thu' die Äuglein zu, Ob auch Donner rollen Ueber deiner Ruh! Ob die Stürme brausen, Zuckt der Blitze Schein, Möge doch mein Kindlein Ruhig schlummern ein! Gottes Engel hüten Deinen stillen Schlaf! Wen der Herr behütet, Nie ein Wetter traf! Und wir sollten zagen, Wo ein Kindlein ruht? Sind wir all' nicht Kinder In des Vaters Hut?
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Mein Liederbuch. Gedichte von Ottilie Wildermuth, herausgegeben von ihrer Tochter Agnes Willms, Stuttgart: Verlag der Gebrüder Kröner, 1877, page 160.
Note: Ottilie Wildermuth’s poems were not published until after her death. Josephine Lang knew her personally and obtained the poems directly from the poet. Therefore the changes noted in the footnotes might not be Lang’s, but rather earlier versions by Wildermuth herself.
Text Authorship:
- by Ottilie Wildermuth (1817 - 1877), no title, written 1848, appears in Mein Liederbuch, in Haus und Heimat, in Wiegenlieder in stürmischer Zeit. (1848.), no. 1 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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