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The poet rainer maria rilke 18751926 addresses and refers to god in a great variety of ways, expressed in a multitude of sometimes conflicting metaphors. Download rainer maria rilke s the book of hours ebook free in pdf and epub format. Im so glad i got introduced to rilkes words, im trying to dive into his marvelous style, to dig into each and every stanza and im completely amazed. The visions in this second book are no less ecstatic though. Rilkes book of hours is said to be the invigorating vision of spiritual practice for the secular world, and a work that seems remarkably prescient today, one hundred years after it was written. Rilke s book of hours love poems to god anita barrows 9781594481567 amazon. This poet saw the coming darkness of the century, and saw the struggle we would have in our relationship to the divine. A concise collection of poems translated from the great german poet rilke into formal english verse.
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The poet was rainer maria rilke, and these love poems to god make up his book of hours pdf. Rilke influenced generations of writers with his letters to a young poet, and now rilkes book of hours tells us that our role in the world is to love it and thereby love god into being. Love poems to god, rilke explores our relationship to the divine in exquisite, mustread poetry. Rainer maria rilkes the book of hours cambridge core. God speaks to each of us as he makes us, then walks with us silently out of the night. Buy a cheap copy of poems from the book of hours by rainer maria rilke. Written as spontaneously received prayers, these poems celebrate a god who is not the creator of the universe but rather humanity itself and. Rilkes book of hours is the invigorating vision of spiritual practice for the secular world, and a work that seems remarkably prescient today, one hundred years after it was written.
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