"Was ist dieses Rund der Erden, Als ein Tummelplatz voll Schein? Helden, heute siegreich, werden Morgen kaum noch Schatten seyn; Seht, bey Kränzen, Thron und Siegen, Fesseln, Band' und Ketten liegen!"
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(Eitelkeit) as translated by Craufurd Tait Ramage, Beautiful Thoughts from German and Spanish Authors, rev. ed. (Liverpool: Edward Howell, 1880) p. 177. Compare: Palladas, AP, bk. 9, no. 773 · Shakespeare, As You Like It, act 2, sc. 7, l. 140 · Raleigh, "What is our life?"
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Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau
Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau (baptised 25 December 1616 – 4 April 1679) was a German poet of the Baroque era.
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