Autumn Day
Wandering restless as the leaves. Autumn Day (Herbsttag) Rainer Maria Rilke Lord, it is time. The summer was so great. Let fall your shadow on the sundials, and across the fields let loose the winds. Command the last fruits now to ripen: Give them two more days as from the south, Drive them to completion and chase The final sweetness into heavy wine. Who has no house will not build now Who is alone, alone will stay Will wake and…