Daily Archives: April 21, 2006

The Drinking Song of the Earth’s Misery

The heavens are forever blue and the earth Will stand firm for a long time and bloom in spring. But you, Man, how long will you live then? Not a hundred years are you allowed to enjoy in all the rotten triviality of this earth! – Attributed to Li Po and used by Gustav Mahler [...]

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