Ei [eensom er jeg]1, skjøndt jeg vandrer
Alene og forladt;
Et Lys, der ei sin Glands forandrer,
Blev mig til Leder sat.
Er her end Mulm og Nat,
Fordunkler Mørket end det Fjerne,
Jeg finder dog min klare Stjerne,
Mit Hjertes rige Skat.

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Text Authorship:

• by Frederik Paludan-Müller (1809 - 1876), no title, appears in Dandserinden, in 1. Sang, no. 65 [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 Peter Arnold Heise (1830 - 1879), "Sang af Dandserinden", 1857, published 1968 [ voice and piano ], from 4 efterladte Sange [posthumous], no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Emma Sophie Amalie Zinn (1807 - 1851), as Frederik H. Palmer, "Romance af „Dandserinden“", published 1848 [ voice and piano ], from Romancer med Accompagnement af Pianoforte, no. 3, København, Hornemann & Erslev [sung text not yet checked]

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