Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke
To Music
... ends. You time standing vertically on the motion of mortal hearts ...
The Grown-Up
... the first white veil descended, gliding softlyover her opened face, almost opaque there, ...
Duino Elegies: The First Elegy
... Have you thought of Gaspara Stampa sufficiently:that any girl abandoned by her lover may feel ...
Black Cat
... will be absorbed and utterly disappear:just as a raving madman, when nothing else ...
Sense Of Something Coming
... of silence, the windows do not rattle yet, and the dust still lies down ...
Fire's Reflection
... Perhaps it's no more than the fire's reflection ...
The Wait
... and, leaning out the carriagedoor, we vainly contemplate ...
Greek Love-Talk
... since as glowingly shining they've ripened, ...
As Once The Winged Energy Of Delight
... Take your practiced powers and stretch them out ...
Going Blind
... I saw her. She was moving far behindthe others, absorbed, like someone who will soon ...
Growing Old
... Oh my rustic friends!I look for what was so good for you ...
Herr, Es Ist Zeit
... die Winde los.Befiehl den letzten Früchten voll zu sein ...
Heartbeat
... and are transformed in being and in countenance ...
Child In Red
... Sometimes she walks through the village in her ...
Ignorant Before The Heavens Of My Life
... except this one, so that my heart grows used to ...