Lord, it is time. The summer was very big. Lay thy shadow on the sundi…

Rainer Maria Rilke
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Lord, it is time. The summer was very big. Lay thy shadow on the sundials, and on the meadows let the winds go loose. Command the last fruits that they shall be full; give them another two more southerly days, press them on to fulfillment and drive the last sweetiness into the heavenly wine. ✨ Rainer Maria Rilke, M. D. Herter Norton (1993). Translations from the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, p.71, W. W. Norton & Company
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