She followed slowly, taking a long time, As though there were some obs…

Rainer Maria Rilke
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She followed slowly, taking a long time, As though there were some obstacles in the way; And yet: as though, once it was overcome, She would be beyond all walking, and would fly. ✨ Rainer Maria Rilke, Walter W. Arndt (1989). The Best of Rilke: 72 Form-true Verse Translations with Facing Originals, Commentary, and Compact Biography ; Translated by Walter Arndt ; Foreword by Cyrus Hamlin, p.166, UPNE
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