Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the angelic
orders? and even if one of them pressed me
suddenly to his heart: I'd be consumed
in that overwhelming existence. For beauty is nothing
but the beginning of terror, which we can just barely endure,
and we stand in awe of it as it coolly disdains
to destroy us. Every angel is terrifying.
-from "The First Elegy"
| ISBN: | 9780865476073 |
| Publication date: | 14th March 2001 |
| Author: | Rainer Maria Rilke |
| Publisher: | North Point Press an imprint of Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 96 pages |
| Genres: |
Poetry by individual poets |
Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the angelicorders? and even if one of them pressed mesuddenly to his heart: I'd be consumedin that overwhelming existence. For beauty is nothingbut the beginning of terror, which we can just barely endure, and we stand in awe of it as it coolly disdainsto destroy us.
Duino Elegies features in the following genres: Poetry by individual poets
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Duino Elegies was written by Rainer Maria Rilke and published by North Point Press an imprint of Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Duino Elegies has 96 pages