Vom hohen Sterngewölbe überdacht, die Hände auf der bloßen Brust gefaltet, umhaucht von mondenbleicher Mitternacht wach' ich dem Willen, der da droben waltet. Da tauchen aus den Höhen tausend Hände, die fassen sich in tausend Himmelsgeigen. Hinströmt Gesang: ein Anfang ohne Ende. Die Erde kniet in Schlaf und Traumesschweigen. Und harrend lausch' ich heiligem Dankgesange, aus Sternenstätten sanft herniedertauend, und knie selbst, in Glückes Überschwange, der Gottheit Antlitz in der Klarheit schauend.
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Text Authorship:
- by Hans Reinhart (1880 - 1963) [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 Mathilde von Kralik (1857 - 1944), "Vigilie" [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
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