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Chatterton, Thomas: Was macht es schon, ob Strick, ob Gürtel (Sentiment in German)

Portre of Chatterton, Thomas

Sentiment (English)

Since we can die but once, what matters it,
If rope or garter, poison, pistol, sword,
Slow-wasting sickness, or the sudden burst
Of valve arterial in the noble parts,
Curtail the miseries of human life ?
Tho' varied is the Cause, the Effect’s the same;
All to one common Dissolution tends.

 
1769



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Was macht es schon, ob Strick, ob Gürtel (German)

Da wir nur einmal sterben können, was macht es schon,
Ob Strick, ob Gürtel, Gift, Pistole oder Schwert,
Langsame Auszehrung oder jähes Platzen
Einer Ader in den edlen teilen
Das Elend dieses Lebens uns verkürzen?
Der Ursachen sind viele, die Wirkung ist sich gleich:
Sie alle führen zu demselben Ende.



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