Die ersten Veilchen

Ei, was blüht so heimlich am Sonnenstrahl?
Das sind die lieben Veilchen, die blüh'n im stillen Thal,
Blühen so heimlich im Moose versteckt,
Drum haben auch wir Kinder kein Veilchen entdeckt.

Und was steckt sein Köpfelein still empor?
Was lispelt aus dem Moose so leise, leis' hervor?
"Suchet, so findet ihr! suchet mich doch!" --
Ei, warte, Veilchen, warte! wir finden dich noch.

by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798-1874) , "Die ersten Veilchen", from Kinderlieder

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 Erk (1807-1883) , "Die ersten Veilchen", published 1873 [voice and piano], from Alte und neue Kinderlieder von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, no. 6.
by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811-1891) , "Die ersten Veilchen", op. 95 no. 2, published 1854, from Klänge aus der Kinderwelt, Heft V, no. 2.

Date added to the website: 2007-06-07.

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