Selected Poems

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ISBN: 9781852240646 | 1852240644
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 1/1/1991

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The strange and beautiful language of his late poems is re-created in these remarkable verse translations. Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) was one of Europe's greatest poets. Constantine's translations make him accessible, even informal. This is a st

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Introduction	p. 7
'When I was a boy'	p. 13
To Diotima	p. 14
Diotima	p. 15
Plea for Forgiveness	p. 16
'Once there were gods'	p. 17
Parting	p. 18
'Another day'	p. 19
'The sun goes down'	p. 20
To the Sun God	p. 21
To the Fates	p. 22
Fate. Hyperion's Song	p. 23
That which is mine	p. 24
The Gods	p. 26
Sung under the Alps	p. 27
The Archipelago	p. 28
Bread and Wine	p. 36
Homecoming	p. 41
The Journey	p. 44
The Rhine	p. 48
Patmos	p. 54
Remembrance	p. 60
The Ister	p. 62
Mnemosyne	p. 64
Tears	p. 66
Ganymede	p. 67
Chiron	p. 68
To Hope	p. 70
Ages of Life	p. 71
Half of Life	p. 72
'As birds slowly pass over'	p. 73
'As upon seacoasts'	p. 74
Home	p. 75
'For when the juice of the vine'	p. 76
'On pale leaves'	p. 77
'When over the vineyard'	p. 78
The Eagle	p. 79
'Where we began'	p. 80
'Severed and at a distance now'	p. 81
'When out of heaven'	p. 83
Spring ('When new joy quickens')	p. 84
A Happy Life	p. 85
The Walk	p. 87
'Not all days'	p. 88
Spring ('How blessed to see again')	p. 89
Autumn	p. 90
Spring ('The new day comes down')	p. 91
View	p. 91
Concerning the Dolphin	p. 92
From Sophocles' Ajax	p. 93
From Sophocles' Antigone	p. 96
From Sophocles' Oedipus the King	p. 99
'In a lovely blue'	p. 103
Notes	p. 105
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