Rainer Maria Rilke - Who if I cried out, would hear me among the...

Who if I cried out, would hear me among the angel's hierarchies?<br/>and even if one of them pressed me suddenly against his heart: <br/>I would be consumed in that overwhelming existence<br/>For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror which we are still just able to endure.<br/>and we are so awed because it serenely disdains to annihilate us.

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Who if I cried out, would hear me among the angel's hierarchies?<br/>and even if one of them pressed me suddenly against his heart: <br/>I would be consumed in that overwhelming existence<br/>For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror which we are still just able to endure.<br/>and we are so awed because it serenely disdains to annihilate us. Rainer Maria Rilke
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