O paradise must fairer be

O paradise must fairer be

Author: Friedrich Rückert
Tune: HOME (Bishop)
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: Friedrich Rückert

Rückert, Friedrieh, son of Johann Michael Rückert, advocate at Schweinfurt, in Bavaria, was born at Schweinfurt, May 16, 1788. He matriculated at the University of Würzburg Nov. 9, 1805 (where he became a great friend of Baron von Stockmar of Coburg), and finished his course there in the spring of 1809. He graduated PH. D. at Göttingen in 1810, and on March 30, 1811, began to lecture at Jena as a privatdocent in philology, but left April 16, 1812. On Nov. 2, 1812, he was appointed Professor of the Gymnasium at Hanau, but resigned before entering on his duties, and left Hanau Jan. 21, 1813. He was then for some time living at Würzburg as a man of letters, thereafter at Bettenburg near Hassfurt, &c. In Dec. 1815 he began work at… Go to person page >

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First Line: O paradise must fairer be
German Title: Das Paradies muss schöner sein
Author: Friedrich Rückert
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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