In diesen Wintertagen

In diesen Wintertagen,
Nun sich das Licht verhüllt,
Laß uns im Herzen tragen,
Einander traulich sagen,
Was uns mit innerm Licht erfüllt.

Was milde Glut entzündet,
Soll brennen fort und fort,
Was Seelen zart verbündet,
Und Geisterbrücken gründet,
Sei unser leises Losungswort.

Das Rad der Zeit mag rollen,
Wir greifen kaum hinein,
Dem Schein der Welt verschollen,
Auf unserm Eiland wollen
Wir Tag und Nacht der sel'gen Liebe weih'n.

by Karl Friedrich Henckell (1864-1929)

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

by Gary Bachlund , "Winterweihe", 2009. [medium voice and piano]
by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874-1951) , "In diesen Wintertagen", op. 14 (2 Lieder) no. 2 (1908), note: Schoenberg lists the poet as Georg Henckel
by Richard Georg Strauss (1864-1949) , "Winterweihe", op. 48 (Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Otto Julius Bierbaum und Karl Henckell) no. 4 (1900).

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