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The likeness of the world? A shadow! And world's glory? A dream!

Franz Grillparzer

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Franz Grillparzer
Age: 81 †
Born: 1791
Born: January 15
Died: 1872
Died: January 21
Playwright
Poet
Politician
Writer
Vienna
Austria
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer
Transience
Likeness
Shadow
Glory
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World

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