PoemAutumn Day
Author / PoetRainer Maria Rilke
TagsAutumn, Summer

Lord: it is time. The summer was immense.
Lay your shadow on the sundials
and let loose the wind in the fields.

Bid the last fruits to be full;
give them another two more southerly days,
press them to ripeness, and chase
the last sweetness into the heavy wine.

Whoever has no house now will not build one
anymore.
Whoever is alone now will remain so for a long
time,
will stay up, read, write long letters,
and wander the avenues, up and down,
restlessly, while the leaves are blowing.

Rainer Maria Rilke
Rainer Maria Rilke
4 Dec 1875 - 29 Dec 1926
Movement: Modernism

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A WalkHill, Love
Before Summer RainNature
Extinguish Thou My EyesBond, Nature, Spirit
Early SpringNature
Going BlindAcceptance, Blind, Loss
God Speaks To Each Of UsExperience, Joyful, Painful
FalconryPrince, Responsibility
Behind The Blameless TreesImaginary, Tree, Warning
LonelinessGarden, Loneliness

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