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by Susette Gontard, née Borkenstein (1769 - 1802), as Diotima

Liebes, liebes Auge du!
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Liebes, liebes Auge du!
Ach - noch einmal nur mit Beben,
möcht’ dein Licht ich decken zu
mit der Lippen warmem Leben.

Ach, die theure, gute Hand!
Einmal noch, in Lust und Schmerzen
drücken, - nur an mein Gewand -
wo’s am nahsten ist dem Herzen.

Einmal noch „du meine Seele!“
hauchen dir mit Liebes-Ton.
Wäre, daß dem Glück nichts fehle,
dann mein Odem auch entflohn! --

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Confirmed with Deutscher Musenalmanach für das Jahr 1835, herausgegeben von A.v.Chamisso und G.Schwab - Sechster Jahrgang. Leipzig, Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1835, page 244.


Text Authorship:

  • by Susette Gontard, née Borkenstein (1769 - 1802), as Diotima, "Sehnsucht" [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 Julius Stern (1820 - 1883), "Liebes, liebes Auge du", op. 14 (Deutsche Gesänge), Heft 1 no. 2, published 1843 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein und Co. [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2019-09-16
Line count: 12
Word count: 63

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