Prose and Poetry Rainer Maria Rilke [Paperback]

Foreword
Introduction

THE NOTEBOOKS OF MALTE LAURIDS BRIGGE
Translated by M.D. Herter Norton

THE BOOK OF HOURS
Translated by J.B. Leishman

FIRST BOOK: The Book of hte Monastic Life
With strokes that ring clear and metallic
I live in expanding rings
If sometimes, neighbor God
We're workmen
What will you do, God

SECOND BOOK: The Book of Pilgrimage
The world's kings
Grandeur in all things

THIRD BOOK: The Book of Poverty and of Death
For, Lord, the great towns
Lord, we are poorer
Make someone glorious, Lord
Live palaces would also meet
They are not poor
For poverty's a great shine
The cities, though, want only

NEW POEMS
Translated by J.B. Leishman

FIRST PART
The Olive Garden
God in the Middle Ages
The Panther
Roman Sarcophagi
The Swan
The Lace, I-II
The Courtesan
The Merry-go-round
Spanish Dancer

SECOND PART
Archaic Torso of Apollo
Corpse-washing
Late Autumn in Venice
Corrida
DUINO ELEGIES
Translated by J.B. Leishman and Stephen Spender
The First ElegyThe Third ElegyThe Fourth ElegyThe Fifth ElegyThe Seventh ElegyThe Eighth ElegyThe Ninth ElegyThe Tenth ElegyTHE SONNETS TO ORPHEUS
Translated by J.B. Leishman
FIRST PARTSonnet 3Sonnet 5Sonnet 7Sonnet 9Sonnet 13Sonnet 16Sonnet 17Sonnet 18Sonnet 19Sonnet 21Sonnet 22Sonnet 26SECOND PARTSonnet 5Sonnet 9Sonnet 10Sonnet 12Sonnet 18Sonnet 19Sonnet 27Sonnet 29