Alles zweeg... mijne oog, geloken,
'n liet geen toegang naar mijn ziel,
toen, al stormen losgebroken,
mij dit woord te binnen viel:
"Leveling, 't is uitgesproken,
sterven zult ge, en g'hebt een ziel!"

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Text Authorship:

• by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), no title, written 1861-2 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Jan van Dijk (b. 1918), "Alles zweeg", 1940 [ voice and piano ], from 10 Gezelleliederen, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Anthon Van der Horst (1899 - 1965), "Alles zweeg" [ voice and piano or organ ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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