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The Merry-Go-Round. by Rainer Maria Rilke. Under the roof and the roof’s shadow turns this train of painted horses for a while in this bright land that lingers before it perishes. In what brave style they prance – though some pull wagons. And there burns a wicked lion red with anger….
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The Merry-Go-Round by Rainer Maria Rilke
Under the roof and the roof’s shadow turns this train of painted horses for a while in this bright land that lingers before it perishes. In what brave style they prance – though some pull wagons.
And there burns a wicked lion red with anger…
Even a stag runs here, as in the wood, save that he bears a saddle where, upright,
And on the lion whitely rides a young boy who clings with little sweaty hands, the while the lion shows his teeth and tongue.
And on the horses swiftly going by are shining girls who have outgrown this play;
in the middle of the flight they let their eyes glance here and there and near and far away -
And all this hurries toward the end, so fast, whirling futilely, evermore the same.