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Nov152014
Rilke, "Weißt du, ich will mich schleichen"
Saturday, November 15, 2014 at 06:20
A work ("Know that I softly shall escape") by this Austrian poet. You can read the original here.
Know that I softly shall escape
Far from this loud, encircling gloom,
Once I espy the wan stars' shape
So high above the oaks' broad cape,
And know their bloom.
Shall I choose paths of rarest weaves,
By poet nor by mortal view’d,
Among the palest evening leas?
No dream but this within me heaves:
That you’ll come, too.
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