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The Merry-Go-Round

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

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  1. The Merry-Go-Round by Rainer Maria Rilke

  2. 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.

  3. And there burns a wicked lion red with anger…

  4. and now and then A big white elephant.

  5. Even a stag runs here, as in the wood, save that he bears a saddle where, upright,

  6. a little girl in blue sits, buckled tight.

  7. And on the lion whitely rides a young boy who clings with little sweaty hands, the while the lion shows his teeth and tongue.

  8. And now and then a big white elephant.

  9. And on the horses swiftly going by are shining girls who have outgrown this play;

  10. in the middle of the flight they let their eyes glance here and there and near and far away -

  11. and now and then a big white elephant.

  12. And all this hurries toward the end, so fast, whirling futilely, evermore the same.

  13. A flash of red, of green, of gray, goes past,

  14. and then a little scarce-begun profile.

  15. And oftentimes a blissful dazzling smile

  16. vanishes in this blind and breathless game.

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