Wie du mir oft, geliebtes Kind

Wie du mir oft, geliebtes Kind,
Ich weiß nicht wie, so fremde bist!
Wenn wir im Schwarm der vielen Menschen sind,
Das schlägt mir alle Freude nieder.
Doch ja, wenn alles still und finster um uns ist,
Erkenn' ich dich an deinen Küssen wieder.

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

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

by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752-1814) , "Nähe", published 1794.
by Margarete Voigt-Schweikert (1887-1957) , "Nähe", 1935? [voice and piano], from Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung, no. 4.
by Margarete Voigt-Schweikert (1887-1957) , "Wie du mir oft, geliebtes Kind" [voice and piano], unpublished

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