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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Geister (auf dem Gange):
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Geister (auf dem Gange):
 Drinnen gefangen ist einer!
 Bleibet haußen, folg ihm keiner!
 Wie im Eisen der Fuchs,
 Zagt ein alter Höllenluchs.
 Aber gebt Acht!
 Schwebet hin, schwebet wider,
 Auf und nieder,
 Und er hat sich losgemacht.
 Könnt ihr ihm nützen,
 Laßt ihn nicht sitzen!
 Denn er tat uns allen
 Schon viel zu Gefallen.

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•   A. Radziwill 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Faust, in Der Tragödie erster Teil (Part I) [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 Antoni Henryk Radziwill, Fürst (1775 - 1833), "Choral in der Kirche", published 1835, from Compositionen zu Göthe's Faust, no. 7, Berlin: Zum ausschliesslichen Debit in Commission bei T. Trautwein, Buch-und Musikhandlung [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-12-17
Line count: 13
Word count: 54

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