Sound,Sweet Song,from Some Far Land
Sighing softly close at hand,
Now of joy,and now of woe!
Stars are wont[2]to glimmer so.
Sooner thus will good unfold;
Children young and children old
Gladly hear thy numbers flow.
1820.
In the cases in which the date is marked thus，it signifies[3]the original date of publication-the year of composition not being known.In other cases，the date given is that of the actual composition.All the poems are arranged in the order of the recognised German editions.
