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by Adolf Friedrich, Graf von Schack (1815 - 1894)

Einst glänzte am Himmel droben
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Einst glänzte am Himmel droben
Ein Stern so hell, so rein;
Oft hab' ich den Blick erhoben
Zu seinem goldenen Schein.

Wenn ich ihm mein Sehnen vertraute,
Mein Hoffen und meine Qual,
Trost und Entzücken taute
Auf mich hernieder sein Strahl.

Wo blieb er? Suchend am Himmel
Schweift mein Auge umher;
In all der Sterne Gewimmel
Find' ich den einen nicht mehr!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Adolf Friedrich, Graf von Schack (1815 - 1894), no title, appears in Lotosblätter, in 4. Verwehte Blätter, no. 1 [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 Friedrich von Wickede (1834 - 1904), "Einst glänzte am Himmel droben", op. 109 no. 2, published 1886 [medium voice and piano], from Verwehte Blätter. Zwei Gedichte für 1 Mittelstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Zürich, Hug [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2013-08-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 62

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