It was not in me It came and went I wanted to hold it It was held by w…

Rainer Maria Rilke
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It was not in me It came and went I wanted to hold it It was held by wine (I no longer know what it was) ✨ Rainer Maria Rilke (1993). Translations from the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, p.117, W. W. Norton & Company
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It was not in me It came and went I wanted to hold it It was held by wine (I no longer know what it was) ✨ Rainer Maria Rilke (1993). Translations from the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, p.117, W. W. Norton & Company

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