Wolken

Wie feurige Riesenkorallen
Stehn Wolken am Horizont;
Sie hallen sich und wallen
Vorüber dem glutenden Mond.

Und sinken nach kurzer Feier
Verschwelend, fremd und kalt,
Als fliessende Nebelschleier 
Hinter dem rauschenden Wald.

by Ernst Ludwig Schellenberg (1883-1964)

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

by Joseph Haas (1879-1960) , "Wolken", op. 54 no. 2, published 1920 [medium voice and piano], from Heimliche Lieder der Nacht, no. 2.

Date added to the website: 2009-10-29.

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