Die Blume neigt ihr Haupt
zur mütterlichen Erde;
sie fragt nicht, ob ein Morgenrot
zu irgendeinem Lenz
sie wieder wecken werde.
Der Mensch nur fühlet seinen Tod.

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Text Authorship:

• by Christoph August Tiedge (1752 - 1841), appears in Urania, in Vierter Gesang (Unsterblichkeit) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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• by Friedrich Heinrich Himmel (1765 - 1814), "Die Blume neigt ihr Haupt", 1814, published 1880, from Gesänge aus Tiedge's Urania, no. 12.
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