Rainer Maria Rilke was born on this day in 1875. Read this excerpt from “The Lion Cage.”
Leo Tolstoy, by Leonid Pasternak
Rainer Maria Rilke
You, my own deep soul,
trust me. I will not betray you.
My blood is alive with many voices
telling me I am made of longing.
What mystery breaks over me now?
In its shadow I come into life.
For the first time I am alone with you—
you, my power to feel.
From The Book of Hours I, 39