Auf zartem Grund ein Blümchen steht, 
Umrankt von lieblicher Blüthe;
Getreu vom Morgenwind umweht,
Und duftet nimmer müde
STill in dem bunten Blumenbeet -- 
Es heißt das Blümchen der Güte.

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Note: in the book from which this text was copied, no author was given. The name "Rieff" comes from a catalogue of Sterkel works provided by Sterkel-Gesellschaft e.V. The poem is dedicated to Gräfin Auguste Colloredo, whose first name is used for the acrostic.

Text Authorship:

• possibly by ? Rieff , "Das Blümchen der Güte", subtitle: "Acrostiche ", appears in Poetische Versuche [many authors, none stated in the book], Frankfurt am Mayn, first published 1805 [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 Johann Xaver Sterkel (1750 - 1817), "An die Gräfin Auguste Colloredo" [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Gesänge mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, 10te Sammlung, no. 1, Leipzig: Bei Ambrosius Kühnel, No. 341 (Bureau de Musique) [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

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