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by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729 - 1781)

Der Phönix
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Nach vielen Jahrhunderten gefiel es dem Phönix, sich wieder einmal
sehen zu lassen. Er erschien, und alle Tiere und Vögel versammelten
sich um ihn. Sie gafften, sie staunten, sie bewunderten und brachen in
entzückendes Lob aus.

Bald aber verwandten die besten und geselligsten mitleidsvoll ihre
Blicke und seufzten: »Der unglückliche Phönix! Ihm ward das harte Los,
weder Geliebte noch Freunde zu haben; denn er ist der einzige seiner
Art!«

Note: this is a prose text. Line breaks have been added.


Text Authorship:

  • by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729 - 1781), "Der Phönix", appears in Fabeln [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 Edvard Moritz (1891 - 1974), "Der Phönix", op. 28 no. 2 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Fabeln von G.E. Lessing, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2024-03-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 69

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