"Ruhm, und du, geflügelt Gold! // Ich entsag euch beyden. // Wenn ihr selbst mich suchen wollt, // Will ich euch nicht meiden."
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Johann Peter Uz, Die Wünsche. Aus: Sämmtliche poetische Werke. Erster Band. Carlsruhe: Christian Gottlieb Schmieder, 1776. S. 34.
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