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NIGHT WATCHES OF SISTER GODELIEVE, SELS by RAINER MARIA RILKE

Poet Analysis

First Line: THAT NIGHT AN OLD MAN DIED ON HER
Last Line: MEN CLOSE BY WITH THEIR EYES OPEN

Poem Sources:

THE UNKNOWN RILKE; EXPANDED EDITION. TRANSLATED BY FRANZ WRIGHT.
  RILKE, RAINER MARIA
  (1990)
 



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