Hark, the footsteps of the night
Fade in silence long.
Quiet chirps my reading light
Like a cricket's song.
Books inviting us to read
On the bookshelves stand.
Piers for bridges that will lead
Into fairyland.
~Ranier Maria Rilke, "Vigels III," from Sacrifice to the Lares
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