Early Spring

Rainer Maria RilkeRainer Maria Rilke

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Harshness vanished. A sudden softness
has replaced the meadows' wintry grey.
Little rivulets of water changed
their singing accents. Tendernesses,hesitantly, reach toward the earth
from space, and country lanes are showing
these unexpected subtle risings
that find expression in the empty trees
Rainer Maria Rilke
About the poet

Rainer Maria Rilke

1875 - 1926/Male/CzechA poet and novelist, René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke was known for his verse and highly lyrical prose.

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