Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,just once. And never again. But to have beenthis once, completely, e — Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,just once. And never again. But to have beenthis once, completely, e — Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,just once. And never again. But to have beenthis once, completely, e — Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,just once. And never again. But to have beenthis once, completely, e — Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,just once. And never again. But to have beenthis once, completely, e — Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,just once. And never again. But to have beenthis once, completely, e — Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,just once. And never again. But to have beenthis once, completely, e — Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,just once. And never again. But to have beenthis once, completely, e — Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,just once. And never again. But to have beenthis once, completely, e — Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,just once. And never again. But to have beenthis once, completely, e — Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,just once. And never again. But to have beenthis once, completely, e — Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,just once. And never again. But to have beenthis once, completely, e — Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,just once. And never again. But to have beenthis once, completely, e — Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,just once. And never again. But to have beenthis once, completely, e — Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,just once. And never again. But to have beenthis once, completely, e — Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,just once. And never again. But to have beenthis once, completely, e — Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,just once. And never again. But to have beenthis once, completely, e — Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,just once. And never again. But to have beenthis once, completely, e — Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,just once. And never again. But to have beenthis once, completely, e — Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,just once. And never again. But to have beenthis once, completely, e — Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,just once. And never again. But to have beenthis once, completely, e — Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,just once. And never again. But to have beenthis once, completely, e — Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,just once. And never again. But to have beenthis once, completely, e — Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,just once. And never again. But to have beenthis once, completely, e — Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,just once. And never again. But to have beenthis once, completely, e — Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,just once. And never again. But to have beenthis once, completely, e — Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,just once. And never again. But to have beenthis once, completely, e — Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,just once. And never again. But to have beenthis once, completely, e — Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,just once. And never again. But to have beenthis once, completely, e — Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,just once. And never again. But to have beenthis once, completely, e — Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
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Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,just once. And never again. But to have beenthis once, completely, even if only once:to have been at one with the earth, seems beyond undoing.

— Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
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