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Sah ein knab ein Röslein stehn

Author: J. W. von Goethe

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, son of Johann Caspar Goethe, a lawyer at Frankfurt-am-Main; was born at Frankfurt Aug. 28,1749, and died at Weimar, March 22, 1832. The greatest German poet of his day, and one of the most famous literary men of his own or any age, his sympathies were Classical rather than distinctively Christian; and as he himself said (Conversations with Eckerman, January 4, 1827), he wrote no poems suited for use in public worship. A few pieces, principally from his well-known dramatic poem of Faust (pt. i. 1808; pt. ii. pub. posthumously, 1832), are found under his name in one or two Unitarian hymn-books. Good translations of both parts of Faust have been published by Dr. John Anster, Bayard Taylor, Sir Theodore Martin, an… Go to person page >

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First Line: Sah ein knab ein Röslein stehn
Author: J. W. von Goethe
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain
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Der Kinder Lust #d53

Der Kinder Lust #d53
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Deutsches Liederbuch #337

Deutsches Liederbuch #337

Psalterlust fuer die Christliche Jugend #d199

Psalterlust fuer die Christliche Jugend #d199

Psalterlust fuer die Christliche Jugend. Rev. #ad199

Psalterlust fuer die Christliche Jugend. Rev. #ad199

Singet dem Herrn; Liederbuch fuer Jugendvereine und Sonntagschulen #d133

Singet dem Herrn; Liederbuch fuer Jugendvereine und Sonntagschulen #d133
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