'Gesang zu zweien in der Nacht'

‘Gesang zu zweien in der Nacht’, a poem written by E. Mörike, and included at first in an unpublished playlet, Spillner. In slightly extended form it was then published in Der letzte König von Orplid in Maler Nolten, where it is divided between two characters. With the voices indicated by ‘Sie’ and ‘Er’, and with its present title, it appeared in Gedichte (1838).