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by Anton Alexander, Graf von Auersperg (1806 - 1876), as Anastasius Grün

Ich hab' eine alte Muhme
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG ENG
Ich hab' eine alte Muhme,
Die ein altes Büchlein hat,
Es liegt in dem alten Buche
Ein altes, dürres Blatt.

So dürr sind wohl auch die Hände,
Die einst im Lenz ihr's gepflückt. --
Was mag doch die Alte haben?
Sie weint, so oft sie's erblickt? --

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Anastasius Grün, Vierte, vermehrte Auflage, Leipzig: Weidmann'sche Buchhandlung, 1843, page 34.


Text Authorship:

  • by Anton Alexander, Graf von Auersperg (1806 - 1876), as Anastasius Grün, "Das Blatt im Buche", appears in Blätter der Liebe, in Zweite Liebe, no. 9 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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