Sonnets to Orpheus / Rainer Maria Rilke ; translated and with an introduction by Willis Barnstone.

Author/creator Rilke, Rainer Maria
Other author Barnstone, Willis, 1927-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoBoston : Shambhala Publications, Inc., 2004.
Descriptionxi, 228 pages : 1 illustration ; 22 cm
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Uniform titleSonette an Orpheus. English
Contents With Rilke on an Ordinary Evening in Indiana -- Sonnets to Orpheus -- A tree sprang into life -- And it was almost a girl -- A god can do it -- O you delicate ones -- Raise no memorial stone -- Does he live among us? -- To praise is foremost! -- Only in the realm of praising -- Only one who has raised the lyre -- I welcome you, ancient coffins -- Look at the heavens -- I cheer the spirit -- Fat apple, banana, gooseberry -- We are absorbed in blossom -- Wait. It tastes good -- My friend, you are lonely -- Way down under roots -- Master, do you hear? -- Although the world changes form -- What can I dedicate to you, lord? -- Spring has come again -- We drive on -- A day flight won't soar -- Shall we reject our ancient friendship? -- But you whom I knew like a flower -- You, holy Orpheus, poet -- Breathing, you invisible poem! -- I -- Just as the master's genuine brushstroke -- Mirrors, no one has ever yet described -- O here you have the beast -- Flowermuscle of the anemone -- Rose on your throne -- Flowers, you sisters -- O you few playmates left -- Judges, don't boast -- All we have gained, the machine threatens -- Many rules of death -- Desire change -- Be ahead of all leaving -- Observe these flowers -- O fountain mouth -- Orpheus, whom we have torn apart -- Where, in what blissfully watered gardens -- Dancer, O you translate -- Gold lives somewhere -- Between the stars -- Sing about gardens -- O despite fate -- Summon me -- O this joy always new -- Listen -- How the cry of a bird -- Does time the destroyer -- O come and go -- Silent friend of many distances -- Notes -- Chronology -- Note on Translation.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 215-224).
LCCN 2003027539
ISBN1590301528 (alk. paper)
ISBN9781590301524 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PT2635.I65 S63813 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold