Brahms | thechainedmuse

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Der Tod das ist die kühle Nacht by Heinrich Heine

Death is the cooling night, Life is the sultry day. But now darkness settles And I long for respite. Outside my window there looms a...

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Von ewiger Liebe (Eternal Love) Set by Brahms

So dark, so dark the willow forests loom; The skies are wintered and the evening hushed. Now neither shroud nor light nor vapors rise,...

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The Rain Song Set by Brahms

Fall rain, fall upon this old world, And wake deep inside me the dreams That I dreamt when I was a child, When rain would wet the golden...

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Goethe's "It Springs Eternal" Set by Johannes Brahms

Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53 "Marie and I were sitting in the dining-room when the bell rang, and we heard Brahms go to our mother's room. Soon...

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Immer leise wird mein Schlummer Set by Johannes Brahms

My sleep grows ever more gentle, Only my sorrow, like a veil, Trembles over me. I hear you often in my dreams, Standing at my door,...

By David B. Gosselin

Beyond the Lines: Lerchengesang

We are inaugurating a new series, aimed at taking a different poem on each occasion and analyzing it from the standpoint of how a great...

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"Lerchengesang" (Lark Song) Set by Brahms

Ethereal, distant voices, Heavenly greetings of larks, How sweetly you move men's hearts With your enchanting voices. As my eyes begin...

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Feldeinsamkeit by Hermann Allmers

Peacefully, I rest in the tall green grass For a long time only gazing as I lie, Caught in the endless hymn of crickets, And encircled by...