The work of the eyes is done. Go now and do the heart-work on the images imprisoned.
Rainer Maria Rilke Quotes
One had to take some action against fear when once it laid hold of one.
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| Birth: | 4th December, 1875 |
| Death: | 29th December, 1926 |
| Nationality: | Austrian |
| Profession: | Novelist, Poet |
About
René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke better known as Rainer Maria Rilke was a Bohemian-Austrian poet. He is considered one of the most significant poets in the German language. His haunting images focus on the difficulty of communion with the ineffable in an
age of disbelief, solitude, and profound anxiety: themes that tend to position him as a transitional figure between the traditional and the modernist poets.
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