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In the book there are... Poems and extracts. There's an extract at the start of one of the parts and is about A girl, last line being.
"Would be beyond walking, and would fly."
Can Someone recite that please?
Also the poem which Henry tells when Clare is giving birth?
"Would be beyond walking, and would fly."
Can Someone recite that please?
Also the poem which Henry tells when Clare is giving birth?
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The first poem is "Going Blind" by Rainer Maria Rilke, trans. by Stephen Mitchell.
Going Blind
She sat just like the others at the table.
But on second glance, she seemed to hold her cup
a little differently as she picked it up.
She smiled once. It was almost painful.
And when they finished and it was time to stand
and slowly, as chance selected them, they left
and moved through many rooms (they talked and laughed),
I saw her. She was moving far behind
the others, absorbed, like someone who will soon
have to sing before a large assembly;
upon her eyes, which were radiant with joy,
light played as on the surface of a pool.
She followed slowly, taking a long time,
as though there were some obstacle in the way;
and yet: as though, once it was overcome,
she would be beyond all walking, and would fly.
I don't own the book you reference, so can't help with the second poem.
Going Blind
She sat just like the others at the table.
But on second glance, she seemed to hold her cup
a little differently as she picked it up.
She smiled once. It was almost painful.
And when they finished and it was time to stand
and slowly, as chance selected them, they left
and moved through many rooms (they talked and laughed),
I saw her. She was moving far behind
the others, absorbed, like someone who will soon
have to sing before a large assembly;
upon her eyes, which were radiant with joy,
light played as on the surface of a pool.
She followed slowly, taking a long time,
as though there were some obstacle in the way;
and yet: as though, once it was overcome,
she would be beyond all walking, and would fly.
I don't own the book you reference, so can't help with the second poem.
Rainer Maria Rilke 5th elegy in the Duino Elegies.
http://www.tonykline.co.uk/PITBR/German/Rilke. htm
http://www.tonykline.co.uk/PITBR/German/Rilke. htm
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