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Eh' sie erstirbt, die Natur, die treue Mutter, noch einmal Ruft sie die Kinder zu sich, reicht als Vermächtnis den Wein.
Confirmed with Justinus Kerner Werke. Zweiter Teil. Gedichte, ed. Raimund Pissin, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., 1914, page 63.
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- by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Im Herbst", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "In autumn", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-02-24
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Word count: 21
Before she dies, Nature, the faithful mother, once more Calls her children to her, serves them wine as a legacy.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Im Herbst", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte
This text was added to the website: 2014-11-11
Line count: 2
Word count: 20