Ich stand in [dunkeln]1 Träumen
Und [starrte]2 ihr Bildniß an,
Und das geliebte Antlitz
Heimlich zu leben begann.
 
Um ihre Lippen zog sich
Ein Lächeln wunderbar,
Und wie von Wehmuthsthränen
[Erglänzte]3 [ihr]4 Augenpaar.
 
Auch meine Thränen flossen
Mir von [den Wangen]5 herab -- 
Und ach, ich [kann es]6 nicht glauben,
Daß ich Dich verloren hab'!

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Confirmed with Buch der Lieder von H. Heine. Hamburg bei Hoffmann und Campe. 1827, page 201; and with Reisebilder von H. Heine. Erster Theil. Hamburg, bey Hoffmann und Campe. 1826, page 27.

¹ Mendel: "dunklen"
² Beach, Grieg, Schubert: "starrt'"
³ Hinrichs: "das"
⁴ Voss: "erglänzt"
⁵ Voss: "der Wang'"
⁶ Grieg, Hinrichs, Mendel, Schumann, Voss: "kann's"

Text Authorship:

• by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, written 1823-24, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 23, first published 1826 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Károly Aggházy (1855 - 1918), "Ich stand in dunklen Träumen", op. 31 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kiesler [sung text not yet checked]
• by Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki (1846 - 1919), "Ihr Bildnis", op. 18 (4 Романса с сопровождением фортепиано (4 Romansa s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano) = Quatre mélodies) no. 1 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Friedrich Angermann (d. 1856), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 2 (Drei Gedichte von Heine) no. 3 [ alto and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by (George Efraim) Fritz Arlberg (1830 - 1896), "Vision", op. 14 (Vier Lieder) no. 2, published 1885 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Laura Valborg Aulin (1860 - 1928), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 9 no. 2 [ voice and piano ], from Fyra sånger ur Heines "Buch der Lieder", no. 2, also set in Swedish (Svenska) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867 - 1944), "Allein!", op. 35 (Four songs) no. 2, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
• by C. Becker , "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 29 (Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Rafael Behn , "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
• by R. Benyovszky , "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", from Vier Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wilhelm Reinhard Berger (1861 - 1911), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 3 (Vier Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text not yet checked]
• by L. Bibl , "Traumbild", from Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Sigizmund Mikhailovich Blumenfel'd (1852 - 1920), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitungr) no. 2, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Johann Hermann) Heinrich Böie (1825 - 1879), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 6 (Vier Gedichte von H. Heine) no. 1, published 1860 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
• by János Bókay (b. 1858), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen ", published 1925, from Heine-dalok, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Leon Carolus Bouman (1852 - 1919), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 1 (Drei Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Karl Friedrich) Gustav Brah-Müller (1839 - 1878), "Ihr Bild", op. 14 (Drei Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf (1840 - 1913), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 25 (Drei Lieder) no. 3, published 1902 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Brüssel, London, New York: Breifkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Theodor Bungard-Wasem (1866 - 1932), "Ihr Bild", op. 13 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Köln, Weber [sung text not yet checked]
• by Karl Collan (1828 - 1871), "Ihr Bildnis" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Georgy Aleksandrovich Demidov (1837 - 1870), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Otto Johann Anton Dütsch (1823 - 1863), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Johann Wolfgang von Ehrenstein (? - 1870), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 3 (Album-Blätter) no. 6b, from Zwei Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ludwig von Erlanger (b. 1862), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 21 (Acht Gedichte von Heinrich Heine), Heft 1 no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850 - 1900), "Ihr Bild", H. 86 (1867) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Theodor Flodin (1858 - 1925), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", from Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Adolph Martin Foerster (1854 - 1927), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Rudolf Gernlein (flourished c1836), "Täuschung", published 1831 [ voice and piano or guitar ], from Romanzen- und Liederkranz, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Georg Geyger , "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 2 (Drei Gedichte von H. Heine) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Rich. Grelling , "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 4 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
• by Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 2 (Vier Lieder) no. 3 (1861), published 1863, rev. 1883 [ alto and piano ], Leipzig [sung text checked 1 time]
• by F. Griessheim (born v. d. Asseburg) , "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 11 (Sechs Lieder für Alt oder Bariton) no. 3, published 1846 [ alto or baritone and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
• by F. B. Hamma , "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 24 (Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ludwig Hartmann (1836 - 1910), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Hauer (1828 - 1892), "Ihr Bild", published 1866 [ medium voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
• by J. Heinemann , "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder und Gesänge : Aus den Liedern der "Heimkehr") no. 2 [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Arthur Heinrich (b. 1877), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", from Lieder, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Alfred Heller (b. 1931), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", 1957, published c1988 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Marie Hinrichs (1828 - 1891), "Ihr Bild", op. 1 (Neun Gesänge) no. 2, published 1846 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Joseph Huber (1837 - 1886), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", from Vier Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Friedrich Wilhelm Jähns (1809 - 1888), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 48 (Drei zweistimmige Lieder) no. 1, published 1866 [ alto, bass (or mezzo-soprano, baritone), and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Georg(e) Joseph Japha (1835 - 1892), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen" [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Edvard) Armas Järnefelt (1869 - 1958), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Gustav Jensen (1843 - 1895), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 21 (Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte. ) no. 3, published 1885 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
• by Helene Kempner , "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wilhelm Kienzl (1857 - 1941), "Traumesahnung", op. 18 no. 6, published 1881 [ medium voice and piano ], from Geliebt--Vergessen : Liederzyklus, no. 6, Kassel, Voigt [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Thomas Hague Kinsey (1858 - ?), "Ihr Bild" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Henning Karl Adam von Koss (1855 - 1913), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 1 (Sieben Lieder) no. 6, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Halle, Karmrodt [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Kossmaly (1812 - 1893), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen ", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder für 4 Männerstimmen) no. 3, published 1843 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
• by Heinz Kratochwil (1933 - 1995), "Ich stand in dunklen Träumen", op. 1a (Fünf Lieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine) no. 3 (1952) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz Krežma (1862 - 1881), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", 1877 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Ihr Bildnis", op. 33, Heft 3 no. 3, from Sängerfahrt : sechzehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, no. 14 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Julius Lammers (1829 - 1888), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 9 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 4 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by J. Leavitt , "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Leopold Lenz (1803 - 1862), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 40 (Vier Gedichte von H. Heine) no. 3, published 1846 [ low soprano or baritone and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
• by W. J. Otto Lessmann (1844 - 1918), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 10 (Vier Lieder) no. 3, published 1871 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Challier und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
• by Mary Murray Lindner , "Traumbild", published 1878 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ernst Löwenberg , "Ihr Bild" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Johann Jakob Mendel (1809 - 1881), "Vor ihrem Bilde", alternate title: "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 15 (Lieder) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 339 (Acht Lieder nach Heinrich Heine) no. 4 (2022) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Johann Heinrich Conrad Molck (1825 - 1889), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 44 (Zwei Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by S. Morosov , "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Heinrich Neal (1870 - ?), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 21 (Fünf Lieder für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1892 [ low voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
• by Victor Ernst Nessler (1841 - 1890), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 46 (Lieder) no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ernst Otto Nodnagel (1870 - 1909), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 21 (Fünf lyrische Rezitative) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Younghi Pagh-Paan (b. 1945), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", 1997 [ speaker (mezzo-soprano or baritone), flute, and viola ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hermann Theobald Petschke (1806 - 1888), "Ihr Bild", op. 6 (Sechs Gesänge für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1838 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Avgustovich Pfennig (1823 - 1898), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", in Gesangskompositionen, Heft 1, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Piutti (1846 - 1902), "Ihr Bild", op. 7 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 7, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
• by F. L. von Plessen , "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 56 (Zwei Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Gottfried Preyer (1807 - 1901), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 6 (Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Heinrich Proch (1809 - 1878), "Ich stand in dunklen Träumen", op. 182, published 1853 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Spina [sung text not yet checked]
• by Rudolf Radecke (1829 - 1893), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 11 (Vier Lieder) no. 1 [ low voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Alexander Raida (1852 - 1923), "Verloren!", op. 144 no. 4, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Eine Liebesmähr in vier Liedern für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, München, Prôfit [sung text not yet checked]
• by Martin Roeder (1851 - 1895), "Traumbild", published 1892, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
• by Jakob Rosenhain (1813 - 1894), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 40 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Arthur Rosenstein , "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", published 1911, from Seven songs, no. 5, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
• by G. Scheller , "Ihr Bild", op. 3 (Vier Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Gustav Schmidt (1816 - 1882), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5, published <<1848 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Ihr Bild", D 957 no. 9 (1828), published 1829 [ voice and piano ], from Schwanengesang, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Edwin Schultz (1827 - 1907), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 18 (Drei Lieder für tiefe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1859 [ low voice and piano ], Breslau, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
• by Clara Schumann, née Wieck (1819 - 1896), "Ihr Bildnis", op. 13 no. 1 (1840-3), published 1844 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 1, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
• by (Johan Gustaf) Emil Sjögren (1853 - 1918), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky (1830 - 1892), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 6 (Drei Gedichte von H. Heine) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Arthur Smolian (1856 - 1911), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", from Irene : vier Gesänge der Erinnerung, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Julius Salomon Sulzer (1834 - 1891), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen" [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Vor ihrem Bildniss", op. 17 no. 9, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], from Sang der Liebe. Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 9, Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
• by Manfred Trojahn (b. 1949), "Ich stand in dunklen Träumen" [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
• by L. Trost , "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Marie Vanden Heuvel , "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", published 1926, from Heine-Idyllen, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Ihr Bild", published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 23 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Henri Viotta (1848 - 1933), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", published 1872, from Fünf Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Charles Voss (1815 - 1882), "Lied", op. 53 (Vier Lieder) no. 2, published 1845 [ voice and piano ], Berlin & Posen: Ed. Bote und G. Bock [sung text not yet checked]
• by Bernard Wagenaar (1894 - 1971), no title, published 1926, from Three songs, no. 3, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
• by Johannes Wendel , "Ihr Bild", op. 4 (Vier Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Alexander Winterberger (1834 - 1914), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 11 (Zehn Gesänge) no. 3 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Gotthard Wöhler (1818 - 1888), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 11 (Eine Dichterliebe : Liedergemälde) no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", 1878, from Liederstrauß : Sieben Gedichte aus dem Buch der Lieder von Heinrich Heine, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Gerhard Wuensch , "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen", op. 78b (Five German Songs) no. 1, published 1979? [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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• Also set in English, a translation by James Thomson (1834 - 1882) , appears in The poetical works, first published 1895 ; composed by John Joseph Becker.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928) , "Song from Heine" ; composed by Gustav Holst.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Joseph Leopold Roeckel.
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• Also set in English, a translation by F. C. Blackwood ; composed by Martin Roeder.
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• Also set in English, a translation by C. B. Shaw ; composed by Arthur Rosenstein.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Robert A. Simon ; composed by Bernard Wagenaar.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , written <<1897 ; composed by Amy Marcy Cheney Beach.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Mikhail Larionovich Mikhailov (1829 - 1865) , no title, first published 1857-8 ; composed by Georgy Aleksandrovich Demidov, Otto Johann Anton Dütsch, as Оттон Иванович Дютш, Feodor Könemann, Pavel Semyonovich Makarov, Valentin Alekseyevich Makarov, Kristian Genrikh Paufler.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897) , no title, first published 1856 ; composed by Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki, Mikhail Nikolayevich Ofrosimov.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942) , no title ; composed by R. Rzhanitsyn.
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• Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Laura Valborg Aulin.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Estava immers en obscures vagueries", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright © 1996
• ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
• ENG English (David Kenneth Smith) , copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Hänen kuvansa", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Dans des rêves sombres", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "J'étais plongé en de sombres rêveries", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Athanasios Papaisiou) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Immagine di lei", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• KOR Korean (한국어/조선말) [singable] (곽명규 Myung-Kew Kwack) , "그녀 모습", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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• SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2003-10-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 54

I gazed upon her picture,
Absorbed in dreams of gloom,
Till those beloved features
Began to breathe and bloom.

About her lips came wreathing
That sweet, sweet smile I knew;
The eyes were softly gleaming
With tears as fresh as dew.

And my tears sprang there also,
The dark clouds' rain was shed;
And, O my love I cannot
Believe that thou art dead.