by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Seule, ô abondante fleur
Language: French (Français)
Seule, ô abondante fleur, tu crées ton propre espace ; tu te mires dans une glace d'odeur. Ton parfum entoure comme d'autres pétales ton innombrable calice. Je te retiens, tu t'étales, prodigieuse actrice.
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- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Poèmes français, in 3. Les Roses, no. 15, first published 1927 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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