“Rose, oh pure contradiction, joy
of being No-one's sleep under so many
lids.”
― The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
of being No-one's sleep under so many
lids.”
― The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
“Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?”
―
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?”
―
“Happiness is holding someone in your arms and knowing you hold the whole world.”
― Snow
― Snow
“I have no name
I am but two days old.-
What shall I call thee?
I happy am
Joy is my name,-
Sweet joy befell thee!
Pretty joy!
Sweet joy but two days old.
Sweet joy I call thee:
Thou dost smile.
I sing the while
Sweet joy befell thee.
- "Infant Joy”
― The Complete Poems
I am but two days old.-
What shall I call thee?
I happy am
Joy is my name,-
Sweet joy befell thee!
Pretty joy!
Sweet joy but two days old.
Sweet joy I call thee:
Thou dost smile.
I sing the while
Sweet joy befell thee.
- "Infant Joy”
― The Complete Poems
“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.”
― A Moveable Feast
― A Moveable Feast
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