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

O, wie wonnig ist's zu stürmen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
O, wie wonnig ist's zu stürmen
Durch des Lenzes Fluren hin,
Wenn der Freude Sonnenrosse
Uns die lichten Bahnen zieh'n,
Wenn die langen, gold'nen Mähnen
Luftaushauchend Flammen sprüh'n,

Wenn die blitzesschnellen Hufe
Mit uns zu den Sternen flieh'n,
Und von Sonn' zu Sonn' getragen
Göttlich wir vor Göttern knieen!
Ach, wer griffe nicht vermessen
Nach den gold'nen Zügeln kühn,
Stürzt er auch von Phoebos' Wagen
Ikaros, zum Abgrund hin!

Text Authorship:

  • by (Agnes) Mathilde Wesendonck, née Luckemeyer (1828 - 1902) [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 Ödön (Edmund) von Mihalovich (1842 - 1929), "O, wie wonnig ist's zu stürmen", published 1891 [voice and piano], from Sieben Gedichte von Mathilde Wesendonck für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 7, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-08-18
Line count: 14
Word count: 69

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