You must not shut the night inside you,
But endlessly in light the dark immerse.
A tiny lamp has gone out in my tent –
I bless the flame that warms the universe.
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Songs of the Death of Children (Kindertotenlieder)
A funeral poem for comfort during unsettling times
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Songs of the Death of Children (Kindertotenlieder)
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