Wem sein nahes Ende Durch Herz und Glieder ahnend schleicht, Der wende, Der wende Sinn und Hände Zum Gnadenthor Vertrau'nd empor. So macht's der Herr ihm leicht. Seht Ihr's im Osten funkeln? Hört Ihr die Eng'lein singen Durch's junge Morgenroth? Ihr war't so lang im Dunkeln, Nun will Euch Hülfe bringen Der gnadenreiche Tod. Den müßt ihr freundlich grüßen, Dann wird er freundlich auch, Und kehrt in Luft das Büßen; So ist sein alter Brauch. Wem sein nahe Ende Durch Herz und Glieder ahnend schleicht, Der wende, Der wende Sinn und Hände Zum Gnadenthor Vertrau'nd empor, So macht's der Herr ihm leicht.
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Confirmed with Sintram und seine Gefährten. Eine nordische Erzählung nach Albrecht Dürer von Friedrich Baron de la Motte Fouqué, Wien, In der F. Haas'schen Buchhandlung, 1815, pages 120-121.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843), no title, appears in Sintram und seine Gefährten, chapter 20 [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 (Henry) Walford Davies, Sir (1869 - 1941), "Wiegand's Trostlied", 1896 [ bass and piano ], from Five Songs from de la Motte Fouqué’s Sintram, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by A. C. Farquharson , no title, appears in Sintram and his Companions, first published 1908 ; composed by Frank Leland Limbert.
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When death is coming near, When thy heart shrinks in fear And thy limbs fail, Then raise thy hands and pray To Him who smooths thy way Through the dark vale. Seest thou the eastern dawn, Hearst thou in the red morn The angel's song? Oh, lift thy drooping head, Thou who in gloom and dread Hast lain so long. Death comes to set thee free; Oh, meet him cheerily As thy true friend, And all thy fears shall cease, And in eternal peace Thy penance end.
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Text Authorship:
- by A. C. Farquharson , no title, appears in Sintram and his Companions, first published 1908 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843), no title, appears in Sintram und seine Gefährten, chapter 20
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Frank Leland Limbert (1866 - 1938), "In memory of Sir Grey Morville's death", op. 2 (Drei Gesänge mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 3, published 1887 [ alto and piano ], Leipzig, Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2013-06-04
Line count: 18
Word count: 87