Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the angelic orders?
RILKE Duino Elegies: The First Elegy (Translated by EDWARD SNOW)
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| Why can't they hear me, the angels? |
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| Because they are far too busy meditating, mediating and annunciating . . . |
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| . . . and pinned like butterflies . . . |
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| . . . being frozen in paint and fresco . . . |
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| . . . in galleries, museums and medieval churches . . . |
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| . . . or publicising their appearance in new-age self-help books. |
(Thanks to Wikimedia Commons for the pictures)
