by Helge Rode (1870 - 1937)
Aften
Language: Danish (Dansk)
Vor Sol er sunket bag Skoven ned, og Vesten staar gyldenklar. Og over Jorden saa sød en Fred udstraaler fra Himlens Glar. Vagt drømmer Lyset — det kan ej sove. Tyst, tyst over Vang over Vove i de skælvende Skove. Og Fuglen kvidred sin sidste Sang og slumrer i Redens Ro. Men Tanken bygger endnu engang sin skælvende Længsels Bro. Der drømmer Sjælen, den kan ej sove. Langt, langt over Vang over Vove mod de evige Skove.
Confirmed with Helge Rode, Digte, Alb. Cammermeyers Forlag, Kristiania og Kbh., 1896, p. 21.
Authorship:
- by Helge Rode (1870 - 1937), "Aften", appears in Digte, first published 1896 [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 Ivar Henning Mankell (1868 - 1930), "Aften", 1899 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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