Odes and Elegies

by Fried Holderlin and Friedrich Hölderlin

Book Overview

Powerful translations of a seminal figure in modern poetry

Gladly the boatman turns home to the river's calm
From his harvest on faraway isles;
If only I too were homeward bound;
Yet what harvest have I but sorrow?--

O bless d riverbanks that raised me,
Can you ease the sorrows of love? Ah, when I come
To you, woods of my youth, will you
Grant me peace once again?
--From "Home"

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819511900
• ISBN13: 9780819511904
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up