Foreword by Howard Nemerov

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 Elegy
The Third Elegy
The Fourth Elegy
The Fifth Elegy
The Seventh Elegy
The Eighth Elegy
The Ninth Elegy
The Tenth Elegy

THE SONNETS TO ORPHEUS Translated by J.B. Leishman
FIRST PART
Sonnet 3
Sonnet 5
Sonnet 7
Sonnet 9
Sonnet 13
Sonnet 16
Sonnet 17
Sonnet 18
Sonnet 19
Sonnet 21
Sonnet 22
Sonnet 26

SECOND PART
Sonnet 5
Sonnet 9
Sonnet 10
Sonnet 12
Sonnet 18
Sonnet 19
Sonnet 27
Sonnet 29