Vom Wassergrunde helle
grüßt mich das Sterngebild, 
wenn flutend auch die Welle 
es immer überquillt. 
 
So ruht im Seelengrunde
mir Deine Bildgestalt, 
was bunt auch durch die Runde
an ihr vorüberschwallt.

Note: This is the text as found in the Poesie-Album of Helene Simon, wife of Paul Zech (1881-1946). In 1901 Zech copied this poem into the album without mentioning its author and changed "das" (line 2, word 3) to "Dein". The above text might not be the exact original form. Another version of the poem can be found below.

Text Authorship:

• by Friedrich Marx (1830 - 1905), "Dein Bild" [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 E. Brandmüller , "Dein Bild", op. 1 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text not yet checked]
• by Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "Dein Bild", op. 25 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3 (1899), published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]

Another version of this text exists in the database.

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Researcher for this page: Dr. Alfred Hübner

This text was added to the website: 2011-05-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 31