RILKE POEMS 1912 - 1926 by Rilke, Rainer Maria (translated by Michael Hamburger) - 1981

Redding Ridge, Connecticut: Black Swan Books, 1981. 115 pp. Purple cloth decorated in gilt on the front panel and spine; gray endpapers; headband. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; previous owner's name inside. Introduction by Michael Hamburger. Rilke was a Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist and widely recognized as one of the most lyrically intense German-language poets. There are far too many poems here to list them all but some of the highlights are: Pearls Roll Away; Ignorant I Confront the Heaven of My Life; Grey Love Snakes; Haiku; My Shy Moon-Shadow Would Like to Talk; The Magician; and many more.. First Printing - First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Book.