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by Johannes Scheffler (1624 - 1677), as Angelus Silesius

Das Allersüsseste
 (Sung text for setting by A. Mendelssohn)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Süß ist der Honigseim, süß ist der Rebenmost,
Süß ist das Himmelsbrot, der Isreliten Kost.
Süß ist, was Seraphin von Anbeginn empfunden,
Doch süßer ist, Herr Christ, das Süße deiner Wunden.
Spelling changes used by Mendelssohn: Isreliten -> Israeliten; Seraphin -> Seraphim

Composition:

    Set to music by Arnold Mendelssohn (1855 - 1933), "Das Allersüsseste", published 1900 [ SATB chorus ], from Sechs vierstimmige Chorsätze für S., A., T. und B., no. 3, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann

Text Authorship:

  • by Johannes Scheffler (1624 - 1677), as Angelus Silesius, "Das Allersüßeste", appears in Cherubinischen Wandersmann

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