Versos English Rainer Maria Rilke Mary Virgin

English poem

Mary Virgin

by (1875–1926)

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How came, how came from out thy night Mary, so much light And so much gloom: Who was thy bridegroom?

Thou callest, thou callest and thou hast forgot That thou the same art not Who came to me In thy Virginity.

I am still so blossoming, so young. How shall I go on tiptoe From childhood to Annunciation Through the dim twilight Into thy Garden.