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by Franz Bernhard Heinrich Wilhelm, Freiherr von Gaudy (1800 - 1840)

Der Pfarrer
 (Sung text for setting by H. Koessler)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Noch schimmert durch das Fenster
  Der Pfarrer-Wohnung Licht;
Das ganze Dörfchen schlummert,
  Allein der Pred'ger nicht.

Er sitzet vor der Bibel,
  Und trocknet mit dem Tuch 
Gar manche volle Thräne, 
  Die niederrollt auf's Buch. 

Daneben in der Kammer, 
  Als Leiche hingestreckt, 
Ruht seine einz'ge Tochter, 
  Vom Leichentuch bedeckt. 

Er hebt die weiße Hülle 
  Mit thränenvollem Blick, 
Und küßt die kalte Stirne, 
  Und schleichet still zurück.

Composition:

    Set to music by Hans Koessler (1853 - 1926), "Der Pfarrer", 1900 [ low voice and piano ], from Sieben Lieder, no. 4, unpublished, confirmed with the manuscript in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin

Text Authorship:

  • by Franz Bernhard Heinrich Wilhelm, Freiherr von Gaudy (1800 - 1840), "Das Trauerhaus", appears in Lyrische Gedichte

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This text was added to the website: 2025-10-01
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