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"Young men slumber away, and old men remain
Awake. Death now creeps here, now there,
Raises the sickle, hurries to cut,
Often does not wait for the ear of corn."

Der Frohsinn. Aus: Oden. 2. Band. Leipzig: Göschen. 1798. S. 110

~Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (2 July 1724 – 14 March 1803)

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