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Sleep and death, the dusky
Around this head swoop all night long;
Eternity’s icy
Would swallow the golden
Of man; against horrible
His purple body is shattered.
And the dark voice
Over the sea.
Sister of stormy sadness,
Look a timid dinghy goes
Under stars,
The silent face of the night.
Georg Trakl
Georg Trakl (3 February 1887 – 3 November 1914) was an Austrian poet and brother of the pianist Grete Trakl. He is considered one of the most im
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