Stephen Mitchell translated a poem by this author with the lines "His vision, from the constantly passing bars, has grown so weary that it cannot hold anything else."
In one epistle, this writer discusses finding the perfect language to compose a "Hymn to the Sun" so that one can "speak a few degrees more deeply  where silence reigns." In another letter, this writer urges a military cadet "dig into yourself for a deeper answer" as an answer to the question "must I write?" Stephen Mitchell translated a poem by this author with the lines "His vision, from the constantly passing bars, has grown so weary that it cannot hold anything else." Another poem by this author maintains "beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror" and asks the reader if he has "remembered Gaspara Stampa sufficiently?" At the beginning of that poem, this author of "The Panther" asks "who among the angelic orders would hear my cry?" For 10 points, name this author of Letters to a Young Poet and The Duino Elegies.
In one epistle, this writer discusses finding the perfect language to compose a "Hymn to the Sun" so that one can "speak a few degrees more deeply  where silence reigns.
Rainer Maria Rilke [or René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke]