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Heinrich von Kleist: Der höhere Friede

Heinrich von Kleist

(1777-1811)

 

Der höhere Friede

 

Wenn sich auf des Krieges Donnerwagen

Menschen waffnen, auf der Zwietracht Ruf,

Menschen, die im Busen Herzen tragen,

Herzen, die der Gott der Liebe schuf:

 

Denk´ich, können sie doch mir nichts rauben,

Nicht den Frieden, der sich selbst bewährt,

Nicht die Unschuld, nicht an Gott den Glauben,

Der dem Hasse wie dem Schrecken wehrt;

 

Nicht des Ahorns dunkelm Schatten wehren,

Daß er mich im Weizenfeld erquickt,

Und das Lied der Nachtigall nicht stören,

Die den stillen Busen mir entzückt.

 

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