In meinem Lebensringe

In meinem Lebensringe
bist Du der Edelstein,
und alles, was ich singe,
sing' ich nur Dir allein.

Einst hielt ich Dich umwunden
mit jugendstarkem Arm,
die Jugend ist entschwunden,
doch schlägt mein Herz noch warm.

Input by Virginia Knight

Authorship

by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819-1892) , title unknown

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

by Ingeborg (Starck) Bronsart von Schellendorf (1840-1913) , "In meinem Lebensringe", op. 12 (Fünf Gedichte) no. 5. [voice and piano]
by Franz (Ferencz) Liszt (1811-1886) , "An Edlitam. Zur silbernen Hochzeit", S. 333 (1878), published 1879. [voice and piano]

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title unknown, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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