Bleiche Rose, die Sonne gab dir die Farbe,
die glühende nimmt sie dir wieder; 
du gleichert uns. Wenn der Gott, 
der die Menschenwange glühen läßt,
näher und heißer zu uns herunterkömmt: 
so erblasset sie auch, und der Mensch
ist entweder gestorben oder entzückt.

Confirmed with Jean Paul's sämmtliche Werke, third edition, volume 30, Berlin, Verlag von G. Reimer, 1862, page 38.

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• by Johann Paul Friedrich Richter (1763 - 1825), as Jean Paul, "An eine in der Sonne erblassende Rose", 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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