The first two invoke angels, the third a River God, the fourth a Tree of Life, and the tenth and final one asks that the author might sing out in praise and jubilation unto approving angels.
They emerged from an attempt to translate Dante's Vita Nuova. The first two invoke angels, the third a River God, the fourth a Tree of Life, and the tenth and final one asks that the author might sing out in praise and jubilation unto approving angels. Inspired by a visit to the stone castle of the Princess of Thurn und Taxis, they were supposedly granted to the poet through a visionary voice from the heavens -- hence all the angels.  For ten points, name this series of poems by Rainer Maria Rilke, whose title comes from the name of the Adriatic fortress where they were composed.
They emerged from an attempt to translate Dante's Vita Nuova.
The {Duino Elegies}