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Book Synopsis
This translation, by a man who is himself a poet, brings to English readers the whole range of Darío's verse.

Table of Contents
  • Translator’s Note by Lysander Kemp
  • Prologue by Octavio Paz
  • Poems
    • Section 1. From Abrojos (Thistles)
      • I. First, a look ...
      • II. She wept in my arms. She was dressed all in black.
      • III. Are you weeping? I understand.
      • IV. When the serpent whistled ...
      • V. That childless lady despises ...
      • VI. What an extraordinary thing!
      • VII. Who is a light in the street ...
      • VIII. “What lovely little verses!”
      • IX. Antonio, that good fellow ...
      • X. He was a priest, so poor ...
      • XI. You pity me, no?—
      • XII. I would not want to see you a mother ...
    • Section 2. From Rimas
      • I. That pallid afternoon, the sun ...
      • II. There was a monogram ...
      • III. The blue bird of sleep ...
    • Section 3. From Azul
      • Springtime
      • In Winter
    • Section 4. From Prosas profanas y otros poemas (Profane Hymns and Other Poems)
      • It Was a Gentle Air ...
      • Sonatina
      • Blazon
      • The Swan
      • Symphony in Gray Major
      • Song of the Blood
      • The Ear of Wheat
      • My Soul
      • I Seek a Form ...
    • Section 5. From Cantos de vida y esperanza (Songs of Life and Hope)
      • The Three Kings
      • Cyrano in Spain
      • Greetings to Leonardo
      • To Roosevelt
      • Towers of God! Poets!
      • Song of Hope
      • Spes
      • Triumphal March
    • Section 6. From Los cisnes y otros poemas (The Swans and Other Poems)
      • For One Moment, Oh Swan ...
      • Tropical Afternoon
      • Nocturne (“I want to express my anguish ...”)
      • Philosophy
      • Leda
      • Pity for Him Who One Day ...
      • In the Land of Allegory
      • Melancholy
      • Alleluya
      • In Autumn
      • The Seashell
      • Autumn Sonnet to the Marquis of Bradomin
      • Nocturne (“You that have heard the heartbeat ...”)
      • Thanatos
      • Far Away
      • Fatality
    • Section 7. From El canto errante (The Wandering Song)
      • Metempsychosis
      • To Columbus
      • Revelation
      • Tutecotzumí
      • Vision
      • Evening
      • Eheu!
      • Slings
      • Nocturne (“Silence of the night ...”)
      • Agency—
      • Questions
    • Section 8. From Poema del otoño y otros poemas (Poem of Autumn and Other Poems)
      • Poem of Autumn
      • Noon
      • Evening
      • Saint Helena of Montenegro
    • Section 9. From Canto a la Argentina y otros poemas (Song to the Argentine and Other Poems)
      • Song to the Argentine (fragment)
    • Section 10. Miscellaneous Poems
      • To Amado Nervo
      • Knight
      • Nicaraguan Triptych
        • I. The Clowns
        • II. Eros
        • III. Earthquake
      • The Victory of Samothrace
      • Christmas Sonnet
      • Pax (fragment)
      • Paternoster to Pan
      • Sadly, Very Sadly—
  • Epilogue: A Speech Al Alimón on Rubén Darío, by Federico García Lorca and Pablo Neruda
  • Index

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      Publisher: MU - University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 1/1/1965 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780292776159, 978-0292776159
      ISBN10: 0292776152

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This translation, by a man who is himself a poet, brings to English readers the whole range of Darío's verse.

      Table of Contents
      • Translator’s Note by Lysander Kemp
      • Prologue by Octavio Paz
      • Poems
        • Section 1. From Abrojos (Thistles)
          • I. First, a look ...
          • II. She wept in my arms. She was dressed all in black.
          • III. Are you weeping? I understand.
          • IV. When the serpent whistled ...
          • V. That childless lady despises ...
          • VI. What an extraordinary thing!
          • VII. Who is a light in the street ...
          • VIII. “What lovely little verses!”
          • IX. Antonio, that good fellow ...
          • X. He was a priest, so poor ...
          • XI. You pity me, no?—
          • XII. I would not want to see you a mother ...
        • Section 2. From Rimas
          • I. That pallid afternoon, the sun ...
          • II. There was a monogram ...
          • III. The blue bird of sleep ...
        • Section 3. From Azul
          • Springtime
          • In Winter
        • Section 4. From Prosas profanas y otros poemas (Profane Hymns and Other Poems)
          • It Was a Gentle Air ...
          • Sonatina
          • Blazon
          • The Swan
          • Symphony in Gray Major
          • Song of the Blood
          • The Ear of Wheat
          • My Soul
          • I Seek a Form ...
        • Section 5. From Cantos de vida y esperanza (Songs of Life and Hope)
          • The Three Kings
          • Cyrano in Spain
          • Greetings to Leonardo
          • To Roosevelt
          • Towers of God! Poets!
          • Song of Hope
          • Spes
          • Triumphal March
        • Section 6. From Los cisnes y otros poemas (The Swans and Other Poems)
          • For One Moment, Oh Swan ...
          • Tropical Afternoon
          • Nocturne (“I want to express my anguish ...”)
          • Philosophy
          • Leda
          • Pity for Him Who One Day ...
          • In the Land of Allegory
          • Melancholy
          • Alleluya
          • In Autumn
          • The Seashell
          • Autumn Sonnet to the Marquis of Bradomin
          • Nocturne (“You that have heard the heartbeat ...”)
          • Thanatos
          • Far Away
          • Fatality
        • Section 7. From El canto errante (The Wandering Song)
          • Metempsychosis
          • To Columbus
          • Revelation
          • Tutecotzumí
          • Vision
          • Evening
          • Eheu!
          • Slings
          • Nocturne (“Silence of the night ...”)
          • Agency—
          • Questions
        • Section 8. From Poema del otoño y otros poemas (Poem of Autumn and Other Poems)
          • Poem of Autumn
          • Noon
          • Evening
          • Saint Helena of Montenegro
        • Section 9. From Canto a la Argentina y otros poemas (Song to the Argentine and Other Poems)
          • Song to the Argentine (fragment)
        • Section 10. Miscellaneous Poems
          • To Amado Nervo
          • Knight
          • Nicaraguan Triptych
            • I. The Clowns
            • II. Eros
            • III. Earthquake
          • The Victory of Samothrace
          • Christmas Sonnet
          • Pax (fragment)
          • Paternoster to Pan
          • Sadly, Very Sadly—
      • Epilogue: A Speech Al Alimón on Rubén Darío, by Federico García Lorca and Pablo Neruda
      • Index

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