Orpheus : a version of Rilke's Die Sonette an Orpheus / [translated by] Don Paterson

Near fine title-blocked cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 84 pages ; 21 cm. Notes; Includes an afterword and notes on the version. Translated into English from the German. Contents; Orpheus -- Girl -- A God -- The spaces -- Leaving -- The double realm -- Praising -- Lament -- Tone -- The sarcophagi in Rome -- Horseman -- The spirit -- Taste -- The dead -- Orange -- Dog -- Tree -- The machine -- Change -- Horse -- Spring -- The race -- Flight -- The gods -- Blood -- The trace -- Breath -- The look -- Mirror -- Unicorn -- Anemone -- Rose -- Cut flowers -- The ball -- Mercy -- The real -- The kill -- Change -- The passing -- The flowers -- The drinking fountain -- The stream -- Solace -- The spin -- The beggar -- Distance -- Gardens -- Abundance -- The hour -- The venturers -- Cycles -- The cry -- Time -- Dancer -- Being. Subjects; Orpheus (Greek mythological character) ; Poetry. Orpheus (Greek mythological character). Rilke, Rainer Maria 1875-1926 ; Translations into English. Rilke, Rainer Maria 1875-1926. Rilke, Rainer Maria 1875-1926. Sonnets, German ; Translations into English. Orpheus (Greek mythology) ; Poetry. Literature. Sonnets, German. Literature. Orpheus & Eurydice. Beggars. Life cycle, Human. Lyre. Singing. Sonnet < verse forms - examples < rhyme, metre & stanza form < technique of poetry < art of poetry < books & literature < artistic & cultural themes < intellectual life < personal existence < mankind. Time. Translations. German poetry Translations into English. 1 Kg. …