Ich schreite um Mitternacht Hinunter die hallenden Stufen, Mich hat aus dem dunkelen Schacht Die ewige Stimme gerufen. Ich komme elend genug, Weiß nichts von Heimat und Eigen, Und trage den leeren Krug Hinunter in Demut und Schweigen... Ich steige beim Morgenrot Hinauf die erklingenden Stufen, Des Traumes Fackel verloht, Der junge Tag hat gerufen. Ich trank mir Leben genug, Um selig neu zu verschwenden, Und trage den vollen Krug, Empor in gesegneten Händen.
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Confirmed with Velhagen & Klasings Monatshefte, Band 28, 1.1913/1914, page 141.
Text Authorship:
- by Ina Seidel (1885 - 1974), "Abend und Morgen", first published 1914 [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 Walter John Alexander Freymann (1866 - 1945), "Abend und Morgen", 1921 [ men's chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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