Schönes Leben! du liegst krank, und das...

Schönes Leben! du liegst krank, und das Herz ist mir
  Müd vom Weinen und schon dämmert die Furcht in mir,
     Doch, doch kann ich nicht glauben, 
        Daß du sterbest, so lang du liebst.

by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) , "Der gute Glaube", from Gedichte 1784-1800

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

by Friedrich Cerha (1926-) , no title, 1995, lines 1-2, from Acht Sätze nach Hölderlin-Fragmenten, no. 1.
by Josef Matthias Hauer (1883-1959) , "Der gute Glaube", op. 6 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1 (1914).
by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948-) , "Der gute Glaube", op. 31 no. 2, published 1980, first performed 1981 [voice and organ], from Schicksalslieder (Pesny sud'by), no. 2, also set in Russian

by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948-) , "Dobraja vera", op. 31 no. 2, published 1980, first performed 1981 [voice and organ], from Schicksalslieder (Pesny sud'by), no. 2, also set in German

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