Geh' leise. Alle Felder schlafen, 
Nur [Atem]1 wachen, Wälder schlafen,
[Wehmütig ist die Nacht im]2 Ort.
Was willst du noch? Geh' leise fort.
Ein großer Schlaf liegt auf der Welt:
Nichts bist Du mehr, Dein Schritt verfällt.

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Confirmed with Hartmut Binder (ed.), Prager Profile: Vergessene Autoren im Schatten Kafkas, Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag, 1991, page 361. Die "Werkauswahl Ernst Feigl" ist herausgegeben von Dieter Sudhoff.

¹ Grosz, Móry: "Winde"
² Grosz: "einsam ist die Nacht am"

Text Authorship:

• by Ernst Feigl (1887 - 1957), "Nacht", written 1918 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Wilhelm Grosz (1894 - 1939), "Geh' leise", op. 11 no. 1, published 1922 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Rondels, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Ján Móry (1892 - 1978), "Die Nacht", op. 15 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3 (1929) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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