Rainer Maria Rilke

1875-1926 / Male / Czech

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Blank JoyShe 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 GloryCenter 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 RedSometimes she walks through the village in her / little red dress / all absorbed in restraining herself,

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DeathCome 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 SpringHarshness vanished. A sudden softness / has replaced the meadows' wintry grey. / Little rivulets of water changed

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EveSimply she stands at the cathedral’s / great ascent, close to the rose window, / with the apple in the apple-pose,

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EveningThe 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 WorldI 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 LifeIgnorant 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 EyesPut 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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