Scarce thine eye can ope and close Ere life’s dying sunset glows; Sinking sudden from its pride Into death — the Lethe tide. - Friedrich Schiller

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Scarce thine eye can ope and close
Ere life’s dying sunset glows;
Sinking sudden from its pride
Into death — the Lethe tide.

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About Friedrich Schiller

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (10 November 1759 – 9 May 1805), usually known as Friedrich Schiller, was a German poet, physician, historian, dramatist, and playwright.

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Native Name: Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
Alternative Names: Schillerean Johann Christian Friedrich von Schiller Johann C. F. Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich Schiller Schiller Fridrikh Shiller Fridrikh Shiler F. Shiller Frideriko Schiller Joh. Christoph Friedrich von Schiller Frederick Schiller Hsi-le Friedrich von Schiller

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