Adam laid himself down in Paradise to sleep While from...

Quote by Matthias Claudius about religion, sleep, paradise, creation, wife, rest

Adam laid himself down in Paradise to sleep
While from him was taken a wife to keep.
Adam poor father of creation’s best
Your first taste of sleep was your last of rest.

Matthias Claudius
Quote by Matthias Claudius about religion, sleep, paradise, creation, wife, rest.
Matthias Claudius

Matthias Claudius 1740 - 1815, german poet

Was born on: 15 aug 1740.
Died on 21 jan 1815, at 74 years old.
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