So viel am Himmelskreise
Der Sternlein bringt die Nacht,
So vielmal auf der Reise
Hab' ich an dich gedacht.

So oft auf meinen Wegen
Ich nach dem Himmel sah
War auch mit treuem Segen
Dir mein Gedanke nah.

So oft auf grünen Auen
Ich fand der Blumen Zier,
So oft hob dich zu schauen,
Sehnsucht mein Herz in mir.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Taschenbuch der Liebe und Freundschaft gewidmet 1837, ed. Dr. Stephan Schütze, Frankfurt am Main: Friedrich Wilmans, 1837, page 101.

Note: Josephine Lang puts exclamation points at the end of each stanza.

Authorship:

• by Ludwig Bechstein (1801 - 1860), no title, appears in Lieder junger Liebe, no. 1 [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 Eduard August Grell (1800 - 1886), "Treue Liebe", op. 14 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1, published 1837 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
• by Eduard Holzmiller (1806 - 1862), "So viel am Himmelskreise", published 1840 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 1, Hannover, Woltmann [sung text not yet checked]
• by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Auf der Reise", op. 22 (1837), published 1855 [ voice and piano ], Stuttgart: Verlag der Ebner'schen Kunst- und Musikhandlung [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

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