Müder Glanz der Sonne!
Blasses Himmelblau!
Von verklungner Wonne
Träumet still die Au.

An der letzten Rose
Löset lebenssatt
Sich das letzte lose,
Bleiche Blumenblatt.

Goldenes Entfärben
Schleicht sich durch den Hain;
Auch Vergehn'n und Sterben
Däucht mir süß zu sein.

Confirmed with Palmblätter von Karl Gerok, Stuttgart: E. Greiner's Verlags, Leipzig: Amelang's Verlag, F. Volckmar, 1873, pages 214.

Composition:

Set to music by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Herbst-Gefühl", 1872, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel

Text Authorship:

• by Karl Friedrich von Gerok (1815 - 1890), "Herbstgefühl", subtitle: "1. Kor. 7, 31 Das Wesen dieser Welt vergehet.", written 1860, appears in Palmblätter, in Heilige Zeiten, first published 1873

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• CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Autumnal Feeling", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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