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Tag Archives: solitude
Lord, it’s time
A favourite Rilke poem for September, with a free translation by Rimboval: Autumn day Herr: es ist Zeit. Der Sommer war sehr groß. Leg deinen Schatten auf die Sonnenuhren, und auf den Fluren laß die Winde los. Befiehl den letzten … Continue reading
Think about it 2
Il se faut reserver une arriere boutique, toute nostre, toute franche, en laquelle nous establissions nostre vraye liberté et principale retraicte et solitude.” [A man should keep for himself a little back shop, all his own, quite unadulterated, in which … Continue reading
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Tagged Essais, freedom, Montaigne, seclusion, solitude
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