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Präg', o Herz im Weltgedränge Dir dies goldne Sprüchwort ein: Wär' dir nie die Welt zu enge, Würde nie der Himmel dein.
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Confirmed with Geistliche Gedichte von Friedrich Baron de la Motte Fouqué, herausgegeben von Albertine Baronin de la Motte Fouqué, Berlin: bei W. Adolf und Comp., 1846, page 27
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- by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- by Adolf Bernhard Vogel (1847 - 1898), "Präg o Herz im Weltgedränge", op. 35, Heft 2 no. 3, published 1884 [mixed chorus], from the collection Tröstungen. Vier ernste Gesänge für gemischten Chor nach Sprüchen von de la Motte-Fouqué, no. 3, Leipzig, Siegel [text not verified]
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "In the bustle of the world, impress upon yourself", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2016-02-08
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In the bustle of the world, impress upon yourself, Oh heart, this golden maxim: If you never felt that the world was too confining, Heaven would never be yours.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843), no title
This text was added to the website: 2016-02-08
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Word count: 29