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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Guter Rat
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Springer, der in luft'gem Schreiten
Über die gemeine Welt,
Kokettieret mit den Leuten,
Sicherlich vom Seile fällt.

Schiffer, der nach jedem Winde
Blas er witzig oder dumm,
Seine Segel stellt geschwinde,
Kommt im Wasser schmählich um.

Weisen Sterne doch die Richtung,
Hörst du nachts doch fernen Klang,
Dorthin liegt das Land der Dichtung,
Fahre zu und frag nicht lang.

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Guter Rat", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Sängerleben [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 Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Guter Rat", op. 10 no. 3 (1907) [ voice and piano ], from Drei Gedichte von Eichendorff, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2004-04-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 59

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