Author: Rilke, Rainer Maria

Price: $14.96

Category:European Poetry
Publication Date:2015-06-01T00:00:01Z
Pages:112
Binding:Paperback
ISBN:10:1612616410
ISBN:13:9781612616414
This volume marks the first translation of these prayer-poems into English. Originally written in 1899, Rilke wrote them upon returning to Germany from his first trip to Russia. He intended these poems as icons of sorts, gestures that could illumine a way for seekers in the darkness. As Rilke here writes, "I love the dark hours of my being, for they deepen my senses." Translated by Mark S. Burrows.