Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) has been called Germany’s greatest lyric poet since Goethe and Heine. In mirroring his milieu (which had seen the wave of unbelief in his nation reach and pass ...
Visit the homepage for more information. Q: Tell me about Rilke and his poems about Mary. A: Rainer Maria Rilke (December 4, 1875 – December 29, 1926) is considered one of the German language's ...
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It doesn’t seem like so long ago when I would race a bicycle more than 30 times in a year, and standing atop the podium afterwards was extremely important to me. So important that I led a life that a ...
The 19th century poet and novelist Rainer Maria Rilke observed, “Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.” And the Rev. Martin Luther ...