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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WALK, by RAINER MARIA RILKE Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: My eyes already touch the sunny hill
Last Line: But what we feel is the wind in our faces
Subject(s): Men
First Line: My eyes already touch the sunny hill
Last Line: But what we feel is the wind in our faces
Subject(s): Men
My eyes already touch the sunny hill.
going far beyond the road I have begun,
So we are grasped by what we cannot grasp;
it has an inner light, even from a distance-
and changes us, even if we do not reach it,
into something else, which, hardly sensing it,
we already are; a gesture waves us on
answering our own wave…
but what we feel is the wind in our faces.
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