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Süß lächelnd, ein vergnügtes Kind, Begrüßt das Licht die Flur; Ihm folgt der junge Morgenwind Auf duft'ger Blumenspur. Da schwebt in's klare Frühlingsreich Ein Silberglockenton, Dem zarten Ruf der Liebsten Gleich: "Mein Herz, es heitert schon!" Aus grünen Feldern, reich bethaut, Die Lerche singend schied, Und wo die Höh' am reinsten blaut Verklingt ihr Morgenlied.
Confirmed with Gedichte von Georg Steiger, Zürich: Verlag von Cäsar Schmidt, 1879, pages 47-48.
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Smiling sweetly, a gleeful child, Light greets the lea; The young morning wind follows it Upon its scented, flowery trail. Thereupon the silvery sound of a bell Wafts into the limpid springtime realm, Like the gentle call of the beloved: "My heart, it is already growing more cheerful!" From green fields, richly bedewed, The lark departed, singing, And where the heights are of the purest blue, Its morning song dissipates.
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