MARSH SONG, by NIKOLAUS FRANZ NIEMBSCH VON STREGLENAUPoet's Biography
First Line: Undisturbed the pool reposes Last Line: Like a silent evening prayer. Alternate Author Name(s): Lenau, Nikolaus
Undisturbed the pool reposes, And the moon with silver sheen Weaves upon it pallid roses In the sedges' wreath of green.
Stags, upon the hillside crring, Upward in the darkness glance, Wildfowl in the sedge are stirring, Now and then, as in a trance.
Down I gaze, my tears are flowing; Through my soul's depth unaware Tender thoughts of thee are going, Like a silent evening prayer.