Religion
All Those Who Seek Thee
Translated by Jessie Lemont (1918) · From The Book of Hours
All those who seek Thee tempt Thee,
And those who find would bind Thee
To gesture and to form.
But I would comprehend Thee
As the wide Earth unfolds Thee.
Thou growest with my maturity,
Thou Art in calm and storm.
I ask of Thee no vanity
To evidence and prove Thee.
Thou Wert in eons old.
Perform no miracles for me,
But justify Thy laws to me
Which, as the years pass by me.
All soundlessly unfold.
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Rilke, Rainer Maria. “All Those Who Seek Thee.” Translated by Jessie Lemont. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rilke/46/.
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Rilke, Rainer Maria. “All Those Who Seek Thee.” Translated by Jessie Lemont. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rilke/46/.
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