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René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke — better known as Rainer Maria Rilke — was a Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist, "widely recognized as one of the most lyrically intense German-language poets", writing in both verse and highly lyrical prose.

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Encounter In The Chestnut AvenueRate it:
EveRate it:
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Evening Love SongRate it:
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Extinguish Thou My EyesRate it:
FalconryRate it:
Fall DayRate it:
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from The Tenth ElegyRate it:
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God Speaks To Each Of UsRate it:
Going BlindRate it:
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HeartbeatRate it:
I Am Much Too Alone in This World, Yet Not AloneRate it:
I Am, O Anxious OneRate it:
Ignorant Before the Heavens of My LifeRate it:
In The BeginningRate it:
Interior PortraitRate it:
Lady On A BalconyRate it:
LamentRate it:
Lament (O how all things are far removed)Rate it:
Lament (Whom will you cry to, heart?)Rate it:
Little Tear-VaseRate it:
LonelinessRate it:
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Moving ForwardRate it:
MusicRate it:
My LifeRate it:
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Night (O you whose countenance)Rate it:
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On Hearing Of A DeathRate it:
PalmRate it:
Piano PracticeRate it:
Portrait of my Father as a Young ManRate it:
RememberanceRate it:
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The Sonnets To Orpheus: Book 2: IRate it:
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Venetian MorningRate it:
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What Fields Are As Fragrant As Your Hands?Rate it:
What SurvivesRate it:
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World Was In The Face Of The BelovedRate it:
You Who Never ArrivedRate it:
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