Sonnets to Orpheus II, 29

Rainer Maria Rilke

Let this darkness be a bell tower and you the bell.
As you ring, what batters you
becomes your strength

~ Rainer Maria Rilke from "Sonnets to Orpheus II, 29" translated by Joanna Macy in A YEAR WITH RILKE

A Year With Rilke

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