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Springtime is at hand. When will you ever bloom, if not here and now?

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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
Springtime
Bloom
Hand
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