Song of the Statue

<title>Song of the Statue</title>
<h1>Song of the Statue</h1>
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Who so loveth me that he
    Will give his precious life for me?
    I shall be set free from the stone
    If some one drowns for me in the sea,
    I shall have life, life of my own,--
    For life I ache.

    I long for the singing blood,
    The stone is so still and cold.
    I dream of life, life is good.
    Will no one love me and be bold
    And me awake?

        Rainer Maria Rilke
        (tr. Jessie Lamont)
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