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Glück

Language: German

Das Glück kömmt selten per Posta, zu Pferde
es geht zu Fusse, Schritt vor Schritt;
sein Eigensinn ist nicht zu zwingen;
man mag auch noch so sehr nach seiner Ankunft ringen;
es ändert darum nicht den langsam fortgesetzten tritt.


Input by Poppy Holden

Authorship

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

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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