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Welch heilger Morgenfrieden schwebt Ob dir auch, grüne Wildniß du! Nur Falter fliegen ab und zu, Vom ersten Windhauch neu belebt. Und hie und da ein Funken schimmert Durch's nächtge Dunkel wunderbar, Und in den Rosenkelchen flimmert Des Himmels Thau noch, hell und klar. Und brünstig auf dem höchsten Baum Die Amsel singt ihr frommes Lied, Und lieblich schwankt der Halm im Ried, Als wie erwachend aus dem Traum. Und sieh, als wollte sich entwirren Die Wildniß ob dem Hauch und Schall, So beben in dem Licht, dem irren, Die Ranken und die Kräuter all. O mir auch send' in's müde Herz Von solchem Frieden einen Hauch, Der du im tiefsten Wald den Strauch Verstehst in seiner Sehnsucht Schmerz! Ach, all die irrenden Gedanken, Verklären sie zu selger Ruh, Und von dem Bangen und dem Schwanken, Herr, führe mich dem Glauben zu!
Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 78.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Waldandacht", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 87 [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 Gustav Flügel (1812 - 1900) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Müller (b. 1835), "Waldandacht", op. 92 (Vier Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor ) no. 3, published 1873 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Schuberth & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Rohde (1828 - 1883), "Waldandacht", op. 101 (Vier Chorlieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 3, published 1872 [ ttbb chorus ], Breslau: C.F. Hientzsch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philipp Tietz (1816 - 1878) [sung text not yet checked]
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Forest devotions", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2025-06-21
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Word count: 143
What holy morning peace wafts About you, too, you green wilderness! Only butterflies fly to and fro, Newly enlivened by the first breath of wind. And here and there a spark shimmers Wondrously through the nightlike darkness, And in the roses' calyces the dew of heaven Still glimmers, brightly and clearly. And fervently upon the highest tree The blackbird sings its devout song, And the haulm sways delightfully in the reeds, As if waking from a dream. And lo, as if the wilderness wished To disentangle itself from the mist and sounds, Thus, in the eerie light, tremble All the tendrils and herbs. Oh, send into my weary heart as well A breath of such peace, Thou who understands the shrub in its Pain of yearning in the deepest woods! Ah, all the errant thoughts Are transfigured into blessed peace, And from the trepidation and the wavering, Lord, lead me toward faith!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Waldandacht", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 87
This text was added to the website: 2025-06-25
Line count: 24
Word count: 153