“Du kamst, Du gingst mit leiser Spur,
ein flücht’ger Gast im Erdenland;
woher? Wohin? Wir wissen nur:
Aus Gottes Hand in Gottes Hand.”

(J.L.Uhland in Auf den Tod eines Kindes)
Jodoigne (B)

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"And if there the grave and eternal rest await us,
Withered flowers and desires grown silent,
I see above me the radiance of Spring –
Today I live, and today is mine!"

(Glafira Adol'fovna Galina in Жить! будем жить! [Live! We shall live!])
Huy (B)

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(Haiku by Sõkan)
Oupeye (B)

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"That time is dead for ever, child!
Drowned, frozen, dead for ever!
We look on the past
And stare aghast
At the spectres wailing, pale and ghast, 
Of hopes which thou and I beguiled
To death on life's dark river."

(P.B. Shelley in Lines)
Visé (B)

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