The Wanderer's Song: Essential Poems

A fresh translation of the poetry of German Romantic and polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Germany’s greatest man of letters… and the last true polymath to walk the earth” — George Eliot

Here, in this selection of his poetry, is a representation of Goethe’s life from childhood to old age: full of travel, romantic fixations, curiosity, nostalgia, deep thought, and above all, writing.

Goethe is undoubtedly Germany’s greatest poet, as Shakespeare is England’s. This fresh translation offers the...