4. Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) by Gustav Mahler
The song of sorrow shall ring laughingly in your soul.… Read more
When the sorrow comes, blasted lie the gardens of the soul,
wither and perish joy and singing.
Dark is life, dark is death!
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The heavens are ever blue and the Earth
shall stand sure, and blossom in the spring.