Thou Art So Near And Yet So Far

(Du Bist Mir Nah Und Doch So Fern)
A German song with English words, 1860
Words and music by Alexander Reighardt

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The sheet music:

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Accompaniments:

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Lyrics

1. I know an eye so softly bright
   That glistens like a star of night
   My soul it draws with glances kind
   To heaven’s blue vault, and there I find
   Another star as pure and clear
   As that which mildly sparkles here

Refrain
Beloved eye, beloved star
Thou art so near and yet so far
Beloved eye, beloved star
Thou art so near and yet so far

2. That eye so soft, like violets blue
   A treasure bears of morning dew
   And when its light entranced I see
   What joy, what pain possesses me?
   A world where I would gladly dwell
   Is that bright orb I love so well
3. If closed at last that radieant eye should be
   No more the day will dawn for me
   If night should dim its laughing light
   Oh then for ever, ever ’twill be night
   Those eyes that brightly, softly shine
   For me the sun and moon combine

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