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by Christian Richardt (1831 - 1892)

Derfor kan vort øje glædes
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Derfor kan vort øje glædes
ved et billeds farvepragt,
thi det lys, hvori det klædes,
er naturens egen dragt,

og den sten, hvis skønhed strålte,
formet af en mesters hånd,
den blev skøn, fordi han malte
med vor skabers målebånd. 

Derfor rørtes vi og vaktes
ved en digters favre ord,
thi de druer, som os raktes,
var fra livets rige bord,

derfor vugged os i drømme
tonedybets havfrusang,
thi af hjertets kildestrømme
svulmed jo dets bølgegang. 

Alt, som ejer livets lue:
rosens blus og havets blå,
skovens hvalv og brynets bue,
læbens fine folder små,

tankens hemmeligste susen,
elskovsblikkets tavse sprog,
lærkens sang og bækkens brusen, -
alt er kunstens lærebog.

Text Authorship:

  • by Christian Richardt (1831 - 1892), first published 1868 [author's text not yet checked 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 Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931), "Derfor kan vort øje glædes", FS 95 no. 2, CNW 239 (1920), published 1921 [ voice and piano ], from 20 Folkelige Melodier, no. 2, Copenhagen: Wilhelm Hansen [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 110

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