Klage

Georg TraklGeorg Trakl

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Dreamless sleep - the dusky Eagles
nightlong rush about my head,
man's golden image drowned
in timeless icy tides. On jagged reefs
his purpling body. Dark
echoes sound above the seas.Stormy sadness' sister, see
our lonely skiff sunk down
by starry skies:
the silent face of night.
Georg Trakl
About the poet

Georg Trakl

1887 - 1914/AustrianGeorg Trakl (February 3, 1887 - November 3, 1914) was an Austrian poet, whose deeply disturbing work assaults the emotions with its powerful metaphors of destruction, death, the search for meaning, and a tenuous relationship with God. Trak…

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