by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
Hörst du die Gründe rufen
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Language: German (Deutsch)
Hörst du die Gründe rufen In Träumen halb verwacht? O, von des Schlosses Stufen Steig nieder in die Nacht! -- Die Nachtigallen schlagen, Der Garten rauschet sacht, Es will dir Wunder sagen, Die wunderbare Nacht.
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View text with all available footnotesWhen first published in 1828, the poem "Nacht" was one stanza long (usually referred to as Nacht Teil 1); in 1837, Eichendorff added Teil 2, which encompassed stanza 2; in 1839, Eichendorff added Teil 3, which encompassed stanzas 3 and 4; and in 1841 he added Teil 4, encompassing stanzas 5 and 6, and thus giving the poem its final form.
Confirmed with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff, Gedichte, Zweite vermehrte und veränderte Auflage, Berlin: M. Simion, 1843, page 235.
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe, in Nacht, no. 4 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
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