The Wanderer's Song

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 reader an introduction to Goethe’s genius. And what a genius!

Novelist, dramatist, philosopher and above all poet; a scientist with deep interests in Nature, in particular the human body, forestry, geology, botany and light; a courtier and in later life considered a sage, he was also… Keep Reading