Am 11.12.2024 um 13:29 schrieb Valerie Roebuck via INDOLOGY:

‘Look to this day:
For it is life, the very life of life.
In its brief course…’

that the internet always attributes to Kālidāsa, even though it bears no resemblance to his style. 

Did we ever find out where it really came from? I’m trying to convince a friend, and I think it would help to be able to point to a real author. 

In the magazine "The Rotarian", vol. 11, no. 4 (Oct. 1917), page 312 it is attributed to Ed M. DeLoach, Oklahoma City
See <https://books.google.de/books?id=oFgEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA299&hl=de&pg=PA312#v=onepage&q&f=false>

Hope it helps,
Peter Wyzlic

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