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" Jubilation knows and Longing grants —
only Lament still learns; with girlish hands
she counts the ancient evil through the nights.

But suddenly, unpracticed and askant,
she lifts one of our voice’s constellations
Into the sky unclouded by her breath. "

Rainer Maria Rilke , Duino Elegies and The Sonnets to Orpheus


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Rainer Maria Rilke quote : Jubilation knows and Longing grants —<br />only Lament still learns; with girlish hands<br />she counts the ancient evil through the nights.<br /><br />But suddenly, unpracticed and askant, <br />she lifts one of our voice’s constellations<br />Into the sky unclouded by her breath.