
Letter to Robert Southey (29 December 1794).
Letters
Source: Magic Burns
Letter to Robert Southey (29 December 1794).
Letters
Source: Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God
Poems and Ballads (1866-89), The Triumph of Time
Context: In the change of years, in the coil of things,
In the clamour and rumour of life to be,
We, drinking love at the furthest springs,
Covered with love as a covering tree,
We had grown as gods, as the gods above,
Filled from the heart to the lips with love,
Held fast in his hands, clothed warm with his wings,
O love, my love, had you loved but me!
“It's not those who are handsome we love, but those we love who are handsome.”
Source: War and Peace