Unschuldige Mädchen, ihr gleichet der Sonne; 
von allen Farben ihrer Stralen 
sucht sie nur die rothe aus, 
wenn sie kömmt und wenn sie gehet. 
Mädchen, ihr erröthet schamhaft, 
wenn ihr kalt aufgehet voll junger Unschuld --
ihr erröthet wieder im glühenden Untergange. 
Unschuldige Mädchen, wie gleicht ihr der Sonne!

Confirmed with Jean Paul's sämmtliche Werke, third edition, volume 30, Berlin, Verlag von G. Reimer, 1862, page 39.

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• by Johann Paul Friedrich Richter (1763 - 1825), as Jean Paul, "Die doppelte Wangenröthe", appears in Herbst-Blumine, in Erstes Bändchen, in 2. Meine Miszellen, in 3. Polymeter [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Albert Béguin (1901 - 1957) , appears in Choix de rêves - Hespérus - Le Jubilé, in Polymètres, Paris, Éd. Fourcade, first published 1931, copyright © ; composed by Henri-Pierre Poupard, as Henri Sauguet.
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