Jeder wünscht sich langes Leben,
seine Kisten voller Geld,
Wiesen, Wälder, Äcker, Reben –
Klugheit, Schönheit, Ruhm der Welt,
doch wenn alles würde wahr
was man wünscht zum neuen Jahr,
dann erst wär es um die Welt,
glaubt es, jämmerlich bestellt.

Heinrich Daniel Zschokke
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