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by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724 - 1803)

Unsers Lebens werth zu sein
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Unsers]1 Lebens werth zu sein, 
Laßt durch Wohlthun uns erfreu'n! 
Sorgen mindern, 
Schmerzen lindern, 
Heißt des Lebens würdig sein; 
Laßt durch Wohlthun uns erfreu'n!  

Mitleid bei des Bruders Noth 
Sei uns heiliges Gebot; 
Uns des Armen 
Zu erbarmen, 
O dies segnende Gebot 
Sei uns Trost in jeder Noth!  

Diese Welt ist viel zu schön, 
Traurig in ihr herzugeh'n; 
Trotz dem Leide 
Soll die Freude 
Ihren Thron in uns erhöh'n, 
Bis wir vor dem Grabe steh'n! 

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Confirmed with Liederbuch für die Große Landes-Loge der Freimaurer von Deutschland und deren Tochter-Logen, zweite Auflage, no editor identified, Berlin: im Selbstverlage der Großen Landes-Loge, 1869, page 166.

1 Götzloff: "Uns'res"; further changes may exist not shown above.

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724 - 1803), no title [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 Friedrich Adrian Götzloff (d. 1836), "Für eine Freimaurerloge", c1809 [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2020-01-08
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