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by (Agnes) Mathilde Wesendonck, née Luckemeyer (1828 - 1902)

Ich ließ es lächelnd geschehen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich ließ es lächelnd geschehen, 
Daß Du mir kränztest das Haupt, 
Mit dem Kranz, den deine Liebe 
Mit Sternenglanz bethaut. 

Du hast ihn heruntergenommen, 
Vom Haupt mir den strahlenden Kranz, 
Und die Tropfen, die nun ihn bethauen, 
Sind [feuchter]1 Thränen Glanz.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   W. Lessmann 

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Confirmed with Mathilde Wesendonck, Gedichte, Volksweisen, Legenden und Sagen, Leipzig: Dürr'sche Buchhandlung, 1874, page 31.

1 Lessmann: "heißer"

Text Authorship:

  • by (Agnes) Mathilde Wesendonck, née Luckemeyer (1828 - 1902), no title, appears in Gedichte, Volksweisen, Legenden und Sagen [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 W. J. Otto Lessmann (1844 - 1918), "Ich liess es lächelnd geschehen", op. 22 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2021-07-14
Line count: 8
Word count: 42

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