by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)
Language: German (Deutsch)
Sah dem edlen Bildnis in des Auges Allzusüßen Wunderschein, Büßte so des eigenen Auges heitern Schimmer ein. Herr mein Gott, was hast du doch gebildet Uns zu Jammer und zu Qual Solche dunkle Sterne mit so lichtem Zauberstrahl! Mich geblendet hat für alle Wonnen Dieser Erde jene Pracht; All umher, wo meine Blicke forschen, Ist es Nacht.
Composition:
- Set to music by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Magyarisch", op. 46 (Vier Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2 (1868), published 1868, first performed 1869 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock
Text Authorship:
- by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), appears in Polydora, ein weltpoetisches Liederbuch, first published 1855
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