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The Rose which here on earth is now perceived by me, has blossomed thus in god from all eternity.

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Angelus Silesius
Age: 52 †
Born: 1624
Born: December 1
Died: 1677
Died: June 9
Cleric
Physician Writer
Poet
Presbyter
Priest
Theologian
Writer
Breslau
Johann Scheffler
Johann Angelus Silesius
Rose
Eternity
Earth
Blossomed
Perceived
Thus

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