如果说《虔敬之歌》虽含有大量秘传的质素,却适合在许多教会歌集里向无数的人倾诉,那么,《夜颂》才真正为诺瓦利斯奠定了浪漫派诗人的声誉。这些颂歌大概诞生于写《虔敬之歌》的同一时间,虽然创作的时间较短,即从1799年底至1800年初。作者生前就已在《雅典娜神》(Athenaum,1800年8月)上发表了《夜颂》;同那些终未完成的作品不一样,它们是以整体问世的。 If the “devout song” contains a great deal of secret mass, but is suitable to be talked to innumerable people in many church song sets, then “Night Song” really lays the reputation of Novalis for romantic poets. These carols were probably born at the same time as the “devout song”, though it was short in writing, from late 1799 to early 1800. The author published “Ode to the Night” at Athenaum (August 1800); unlike the unfinished works, they came out as a whole.