<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=480394" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Unicorn</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The saintly hermit, midway through his prayers<br>stopped suddenly, and raised his eyes to witness<br>the unbelievable: for there before him stood<br>the legendary creature, startling white, that<br>had approached, soundlessly, pleading with his eyes.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The legs, so delicately shaped, balanced a<br>body wrought of finest ivory. And as<br>he moved, his coat shone like reflected moonlight.<br>High on his forehead rose the magic horn, the sign<br>of his uniqueness: a tower held upright <br>by his alert, yet gentle, timid gait.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The mouth of softest tints of rose and grey, when<br>opened slightly, revealed his gleaming teeth,<br>whiter than snow. The nostrils quivered faintly:<br>he sought to quench his thirst, to rest and find repose.<br>His eyes looked far beyond the saint's enclosure,<br>reflecting vistas and events long vanished,<br>and closed the circle of this ancient mystic legend.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Rainer+Maria+Rilke">Rainer Maria Rilke</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=480394" data-title="The Unicorn de Rainer Maria Rilke" data-description="The saintly hermit, midway through his prayers stopped suddenly, and raised his eyes to witness the unbelievable: for there before him stood the legendary creature, startling white, that had approached, soundlessly, pleading with his eyes. The le..."></div> </div> </div>

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