In meinem schwarzen Taxuswald

In meinem schwarzen Taxuswald
singt ein Märchenvogel --
die ganze Nacht. 
Blumen blinken. 
Unter Sternen, die sich spiegeln,
treibt mein Boot. 
Meine träumenden Hände
tauchen in schwimmende Wasserrosen. 
Unten, lautlos, die Tiefe. 
Fern die Ufer! Das Lied ...

by Arno Holz (1863-1929) , "In meinem schwarzen Taxuswald", from Phantasus

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by Karl Weigl (1881-1949) , "In meinem schwarzen Taxuswald", op. 9 (Fünf Gesänge aus Phantasus) no. 4 (1905), published c1920. [soprano or mezzosoprano and piano]

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