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by Alfred von Meißner (1822 - 1885)

O könnte doch an deinen Blicken
Language: German (Deutsch) 
O könnte doch an deinen Blicken,
Der Welt entrückt und ungesehn,
Des Dichters Seele in Entzücken
Wie ein Phantom der Nacht vergehn!

Und könnt' dies Herz mit seinen Gluthen,
Mit seiner Qual und seinem Wahn,
Sich still und heiß in dir verbluten,
Wie dort die Sonn' im Ocean.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Alfred von Meißner (1822 - 1885), appears in Gedichte, in Frühling [author's text not yet checked 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 Behm (1862 - 1946), "Wunsch", op. 1 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Bendel (1833 - 1874), "Wunsch", op. 100 (Acht Lieder) no. 4, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Guido, Freiherr von Bülow (1830 - 1894), "Wunsch", op. 5 (Fünf Lieder) no. 3, published 1857 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Fritz Schuberth [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Martin Roeder (1851 - 1895), "Wunsch", op. 48 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1887 [ low voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Max von Weinzierl (1841 - 1898), "O könnte doch an deinen Blicken", op. 79 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Fr. Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson

This text was added to the website: 2008-01-21
Line count: 8
Word count: 48

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