Paul Thymich
Paul Thymich or Thiemich was a German poet.Life
Having studied at the Thomasschule zu Leipzig and the University of Leipzig, Thymich served as a teacher at the former from 1681 until his death. He also worked as a secular and religious poet and an opera librettist for the Leipziger Oper and the ducal court at Weißenfels. He wrote the eleven-verse poem "Komm, Jesu, komm" for Johann Schelle to set to music for the funeral of the school's rector Jacob Thomasius, who died on 9 September 1684 – the text closely follows John 14:6 and its first and final verses were later used by Johann Sebastian Bach for his funeral motet of the same name.
