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Rainer Maria RILKE: Schlussstück

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Rainer Maria Rilke
(1875 – 1926)

Schlußstück

Der Tod ist groß.
Wir sind die Seinen
lachenden Munds.
Wenn wir uns mitten
im Leben meinen,
wagt er zu weinen
mitten in uns.

Rainer Maria Rilke Gedichte
fleursdumal.nl magazine

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