Rainer Maria Rilke
1875-1926 / Male / Czech
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Blank Joy
She who did not come, wasn't she determined / nonetheless to organize and decorate my heart? / If we had to exist to become the one we love,
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Buddha in Glory
Center of all centers, core of cores, / almond self-enclosed, and growing sweet-- / all this universe, to the furthest stars
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Child in Red
Sometimes she walks through the village in her / little red dress / all absorbed in restraining herself,
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Death
Come thou, thou last one, whom I recognize, / unbearable pain throughout this body's fabric: / as I in my spirit burned, see, I now burn in thee:
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Early Spring
Harshness vanished. A sudden softness / has replaced the meadows' wintry grey. / Little rivulets of water changed
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Eve
Simply she stands at the cathedral’s / great ascent, close to the rose window, / with the apple in the apple-pose,
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Evening
The sky puts on the darkening blue coat / held for it by a row of ancient trees; / you watch: and the lands grow distant in your sight,
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I am Much Too Alone in this World
I am much too alone in this world, yet not alone / enough / to truly consecrate the hour.
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Ignorant before the heavens of my Life
Ignorant before the heavens of my life, / I stand and gaze in wonder. Oh the vastness / of the stars. Their rising and descent. How still.
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Put out my Eyes
Put out my eyes, and I can see you still, / Slam my ears to, and I can hear you yet; / And without any feet can go to you;
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