“A splendid achievement . . . Snow has not only outdone the power and refinement of his fine versions of the New Poems in a manner that deploys remarkably well-tuned diction and supple syntax. He has also given us the added benefit of his judicious selection and editorial commentary. These poems have never been done so beautifully in English: for readers without German, they will be great discoveries; for those who have known some of them previously, they will deepen their resonance.” —John Hollander

“It is wonderful to have a whole new (and sizable) volume of Rilke poems given us by Edward Snow, who is far and away Rilke's best contemporary translator one who never imposes his own personality or idiosyncrasies of style between us and the original, but gives to it that respect which proves him worthy of the task.” —Denise Levertov