Opferlied

Die Flamme lodert, milder Schein
Durchglänzt den [dunkeln]1 Eichenhain
Und Weihrauchdüfte wallen.
O neig' ein gnädig Ohr zu mir
Und laß des Jünglings Opfer dir,
Du Höchster, wohlgefallen.

Sei stets der Freiheit Wehr und Schild!
Dein Lebensgeist durchatme mild
Luft, Erde, Feu'r und Fluten!
Gib mir als Jüngling und als Greis
Am väterlichen Heerd, o Zeus,
Das Schöne zu dem Guten.

by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761-1831) , no title

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) , "Opferlied", WoO. 126 (1797).
by Johann Friedrich Kelz (1786-1862) , "Opferlied", published c1818. [soprano, tenor, and bass]
by Nikolaus, Freiherr von Krufft (1779-1818) , "Opferlied", c1814, published 1870, from Zwölf Lieder, no. 1.
by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758-1832) , "Opferlied"

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