Kaufest die Zeit aus!

Author: George Cooper

George Cooper, poet, was born in the city of New York, May 14, 1840 son of John and Hepzibah Cooper, He was educated in the public schools of his native city, and afterwards studied law under the late Chester A. Arthur. After practicing for a short time, he renounced his profession to devote himself to the vocation to which his natural gifts inclined him. In his early years, he had developed a taste for writing, and before his sixteenth year had begun to contribute acceptable verses to several leading magazines. Encouraged by the success that met his early productions, he wrote constantly, and became a regular contributor to such periodicals as “The Independent,” “Harpers’ Young People,” and “Harper’s Magazine,” “Atlantic… Go to person page >

Translator: Gotthelf Bernhardt Kühn

(no biographical information available about Gotthelf Bernhardt Kühn.) Go to person page >

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First Line: Das Verlorne sollst du retten
Title: Kaufest die Zeit aus!
English Title: While the Days are Going By (There are lonely hearts to cherish)
Author: George Cooper
Translator: Gotthelf Bernhardt Kühn
Language: German
Refrain First Line: Geh'n vorbei

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