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Poems from the Book of Hours by Rainer Maria Rilke

dilan11's review against another edition

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5.0

What a beautiful little book. I want to read it again and again. I so wish I could read it in German.

wtfisapoet's review against another edition

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What review could I write!

Simply, thank you to Babette Deutsche for these wonderful translations that maintain the rhyme and content of Rilke's poems as I understand them in English. Simply, Thank you.

barbarajean's review

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5.0

My only complaint about this collection of poems from Rilke’s Book of Hours is that it’s too brief. I didn’t realize how tiny it would be (both in length & trim size) when I placed my library hold! In spite of how short it was, I loved Rilke’s “love poems to God”—crammed full of intense & unique images, and so rich for reflection. I’ve been running into Rilke’s poems everywhere lately—I need to get myself a more lengthy edition of these poems, soon.
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