Religion
Alone Thou Wanderest
Translated by Jessie Lemont (1918) · From The Book of Hours
Religion
Alone Thou wanderest through space,
Profound One with the hidden face;
Thou art Poverty's great rose,
The eternal metamorphose
Of gold into the light of sun.
Thou art the mystic homeless One;
Into the world Thou never came,
Too mighty Thou, too great to name;
Voice of the storm, Song that the wild wind sings,
Thou Harp that shatters those who play Thy strings!
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Rilke, Rainer Maria. “Alone Thou Wanderest.” Translated by Jessie Lemont. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rilke/51/.
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Rilke, Rainer Maria. “Alone Thou Wanderest.” Translated by Jessie Lemont. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rilke/51/.
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