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by Amélie Linz (1824 - 1904), as Amélie Godin

Mondnacht
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Du süße Ruh' der schweigenden Nacht,
Wenn nur das Herz und der Himmel wacht! 
Der Himmel -- mit seinem Silberblick,
Das Herz -- mit seinem verschwiegene Glück!

Der Himmel -- grüßt die schlafende Welt,
Die er so friedlich umfangen hält,
Und hüllt sie mit stummer Liebe ein 
In Mondenlicht und Sternenschein.

Das Herz -- das öffnet sein golden Thor 
Und ruft sein Liebstes daraus hervor
Und gibt ihm voll Wonne alles preis,
Was es an Liebe nur kann und weiß!

Confirmed with Unterhaltungen am häuslichen Herd, Neue Folge, Volume 5, ed. by Karl Gutzkow, F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1860, p. 992.


Text Authorship:

  • by Amélie Linz (1824 - 1904), as Amélie Godin, "Mondnacht" [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 Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Mondnacht", op. 187 (Sechs Gesänge für vier Frauenstimmen) no. 6, published 1879 [ vocal quartet for female voices ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2013-09-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 76

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