Aus Erwin und Elmire

Inneres Wühlen
Ewig zu fühlen;
Immer verlangen, 
Nimmer erlangen,
Fliehen und streben,
Sterben und leben,
Hölische Qual,
Endig einmal!

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) , from Erwin und Elmire

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

by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880-1951) , "Aus Erwin und Elmire", op. 6 no. 6, also set in Russian
by Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957) , "Aus Erwin und Elmire", op. 25 no. 10, published 1919.

by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880-1951) , "Iz `Ervina i `El'miry I", op. 6 no. 6, also set in German

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