"Son," said the old man," hast thou then never read,
'When men are dumb, the stones shall cry aloud'?—
Henceforward mock not, son, the word of God!
Living it is, and mighty, cutting sharp,
Like a two-edged sword. And when the heart
Of flesh grows hard and stubborn as the stone,
A heart of flesh shall stir in stones themselves!
German poet
(1 February 1758 – 26 October 1818), later adopting the second name Theobul or Theoboul, was a German poet, Lutheran preacher and a professor of history at the . His son Gottfried became an orientalist and historian.
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Native Name:
Ludwig Kosegarten
Alternative Names:
Gotthard Ludwig Theobul Kosegarten
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Sich," sprach der Greis, "hast du denn nicht gelesen:
Wenn Menschen schweigen, werden Steine schreien?
Nicht spotte ferner, Sohn, mit Gottes Wort!
Lebendig ist es, kräftig, schneidet scharf,
Wie ein zweischneidig Schwert, und sollte gleich
Das Menschenherz sich ihm zum Trotz versteinen.
So wird im Stein ein Menschenherz sich regen.