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by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)

Stumme Liebe
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE
Ließe doch ein hold Geschick
Mich in deinen Zaubernähen,
Mich in deinem Wonneblick
Still verglühen und vergehen;

Wie das fromme Lampenlicht
Sterbend glüht in stummer Wonne
Vor dem schönen Angesicht
Dieser himmlischen Madonne! -

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•   E. Tinel 

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Confirmed with Neuere Gedichte von Nicolaus Lenau, Stuttgart, Hallberger'sche Verlagshandlung, 1838, page 36.

Confirmed with: Gedichte von Nicolaus Lenau, Suttgart: Verlag der J.G. Cotta’schen Buchhandlung, 1869, page 25.


Text Authorship:

  • by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Stumme Liebe", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Sehnsucht, first published 1838 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2007-09-28
Line count: 8
Word count: 34

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