Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the Angels' 
Orders? and even if one of them pressed me
suddenly to his heart: I'd be consumed 
in his more potent being. For beauty is nothing
but the beginning of terror, which we can still barely endure,
and while we stand in wonder it coolly disdains
to destroy us. Every Angel is terrifying.

DUINO ELEGIES: 1 - Rainer Maria Rilke - (translated by Edward Snow)

DUINO ELEGIES: 1 - Wer, wenn ich schriee

I am a composer and writer, based in Norwich, England. Please find more about my work at my website - https://www.seeingisbeveiling.com My music is published by Universal Edition, and my books are published by the artel press. https://www.universaledition.com/en/Contacts/Michael-John-Gerard-Higgins/ https://www.theartelpress.co.uk/shop/artists-book/by-unseen-hands/

DUINO ELEGIES: 1 - Wer, wenn ich schriee

Michael John Gerard Higgins