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by Christoph August Tiedge (1752 - 1841)

Unsterblichkeit, auf hehren Schwingen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Unsterblichkeit, auf [hehren]1 Schwingen
Erflieget der Geist dein lichteres Reich.
[Weit]2 hinter ihm, wo die Gestalten ringen,
Verrauschet der Sturm am dürren Gesträuch.
 
Ihr, vom Naturgesetz gehalten,
Ihr Sonnen, durchstrahlt den ewigen Raum;
Mein Geist fliegt auf von den Naturgewalten,
Und leuchtender strahlt sein ahnender Traum.
 
Es ist von ihm hinweggesunken
Der irdische Druck; das Göttliche nur,
Den [linden]3, den reinen Ätherfunken
Entwinket ein Gott dem Schoß der Natur!

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•   F. Himmel 

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1 Himmel: "höhern"
2 Himmel: " Und"
3 Himmel: " heiligen"

Text Authorship:

  • by Christoph August Tiedge (1752 - 1841), no title, appears in Urania, in Vierter Gesang (Unsterblichkeit) [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 Heinrich Himmel (1765 - 1814), "Unsterblichkeit", 1814, published 1880, from Gesänge aus Tiedge's Urania, no. 13. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-02-16
Line count: 12
Word count: 73

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