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I. "EIN FICHTENBAUM"
A fir-tree standeth lonely / On a barren northern height, / Asleep, while winter covers / His rest with robes of white.
In dreams, he sees a palm-tree / In the golden morning-land; / She droops alone and silent / In burning wastes of sand.
II. "DU BIST WIE EINE BLUME"
Fair art thou as a flower / And innocent and shy: / I look on thee and sorrow; / I grieve, I know not why.
I long to lay, in blessing, / My hand upon thy brow, / And pray that God may keep thee / As fair and pure as now.
1872.