Poem of the Week – The Swan by Rainer Maria Rilke
In this week’s poem Rainer Maria Rilke compares the movement of a swan to man’s experience of life and death.
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In this week’s poem Rainer Maria Rilke compares the movement of a swan to man’s experience of life and death.
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