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Georg Trakl
Austrian
Poet
About the author
When we are thirsty, we drink the white waters of the pool, the sweetness of our mournful childhood.
Georg Trakl,
Austrian
Poet
#Sweetness
#Childhood
The near stillness recalls what is forgotten, extinct angels.
Georg Trakl,
Austrian
Poet
#Angels
The guilt of newborns is immense.
Georg Trakl,
Austrian
Poet
#Guilt
The blue of my eyes is extinguished in this night, the red gold of my heart.
Georg Trakl,
Austrian
Poet
#Heart
#Night
#Eyes
#Gold
Shuddering under the autumn stars, each year, the head sinks lower and lower.
Georg Trakl,
Austrian
Poet
#Stars
#Autumn
For whoever is lonely there is a tavern.
Georg Trakl,
Austrian
Poet
#Lonely
Black frost. The ground is hard, the air tastes bitter. Your stars cluster in evil signs.
Georg Trakl,
Austrian
Poet
#Evil
#Stars
Earlier lives drift by on silver soles, and the shadows of the damned descend into these sighing waters.
Georg Trakl,
Austrian
Poet
#Shadows
Silently, God opens his golden eyes over the place of skulls.
Georg Trakl,
Austrian
Poet
#God
#Eyes
I drank the silence of God from a spring in the woods.
Georg Trakl,
Austrian
Poet
#God
#Silence
#Spring