Towards the end of the novel, Hermine says to Harry: '… Ah, Harry, we have to stumble through so much dirt and humbug before we reach home. On the selection of these poems, James Wright wrote in the Translator's Note: 'All I wish to do is to offer a selection of Hesse's poems which deal with the single theme of homesickness.' Many of Hesse's novels touched on this subject, including Steppenwolf (1927): The common thread that runs through the poems in this collection is homesickness. Hesse's novels themselves contain many passages of literal verse. In the seven volume German edition of his works, there are some 480 pages of poems. Hermann Hesse is best known for his novels, but he was also a poet. 'Uneasiness in the Night' / 'Angst in der Nacht' (1911).'Flowers, Too' / 'Auch die Blumen' (1911).'Thinking of a Friend at Night' / 'Denken an den Freund bei Nacht' (1915).'Holiday Music in the Evening' / 'Feierliche Abendmusik' (1911).'The First Flowers' / 'Die Ersten Blumen' (1915).'In a Collection of Egyptian Sculptures' / 'In einer Sammlung Ägyptischer Bildwerke' (1915).'Lying in Grass' / 'Im Grase Liegend' (1915).'Ode to Hölderlin' / 'Ode an Hölderlin' (1911).

'Night' / 'Wohl Lieb ich die Finstre Nacht' (1911).'On a Journey' / 'Auf Wanderung' (1911).'Departure from the Jungle' / 'Abschied vom Urwald' (1915).'To a Chinese Girl Singing' / 'An eine Chinesische Sängerin' (1915).'At Night on the High Seas' / 'Bei Nacht' (1911).'Mountains at Night' / 'Berge in der Nacht' (1911).'A Swarm of Gnats' / 'Mückenschwarm' (1911).'Lonesome Night' / 'Einsame Nacht' (1902).'I Know, You Walk' / 'Ich weiß, du gehst' (1899).The poems, and the year they were written, are: This collection was first published in 1971.Įach translated poem in this volume appears alongside the original German text. They were selected and translated to English by James Wright in 1970 from Die Gedichte, which was published in German in 1953. Poems is a collection of 31 poems written by the German author Hermann Hesse between 18.

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