ABSTRACT:
French and English on opposite pages. Third in a series of 5 volumes of Rilke's French poetry, translated by A. Poulin, published by the press. The first two volumes were Saltimbanques (1978) and The roses & The windows (c1979); the 4th and 5th were Orchards (c1982) and The migration of powers (c1984). "First printing"--P. [vi]. "The original French poems included in this book have been collected in Rainer Maria Rilke, Sèamtliche Werke, zweiter Band, Gedichte: zweiter Teil, Insel-Verlag, 1958"--P. [vi].