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by (Heinrich) Ludwig Theodor Giesebrecht (1792 - 1873)

Polus, beginne rasch und kühn dein Werk!
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Polus, beginne rasch und kühn dein Werk!
Tod, nichts als Tod, das ist der Christen Wahlspruch.
Jedwedes Kind und wer zu ihnen tritt,
wird eingeweiht, getauft in Christus' Tod.
Du giesse schallendes Gelächter aus auf diese feige,
welke Todeslust, auf diese Todestaufe!
Bist du der Meister, übe deine Kunst,
und ringe lachend um die Bürgerkrone!

(Der Kaiser und die Senatoren gehen ab)

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Text Authorship:

  • by (Heinrich) Ludwig Theodor Giesebrecht (1792 - 1873), no title, appears in Der heilige Genesius in der Legende, im Drama und im Oratorium [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  • by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Gesang des Kaisers", 1856-9, from Gesangskreis [excerpts from an unpublished oratorio titled Polus von Atella], no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 62

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