Keats, John

"Des Dichters letztes Sonett" ["Du weißer Stern! Wäre ich stets wie du . . ."] in Die Lyrik des Auslandes in neuerer Zeit. Edited by Hans Bethge. Leipzig: M. Hesse Verlag, 1907, p. 113. See also: [1]. Arthur Symons. "Die Schönheit spricht", p. 138. [2]. Emile Verhaeren. "Der Glöckner", pp. 40-43; "Die klagenden Lieder", p. 36; "Müdigkeit", p. 40; "Der Müller", pp. 37-40. Printed also in Die Sonntags-Zeit, 1 September 1907, p. 144

Reprinted in:

[1].

Stefan Zweig. Spiegelungen einer schöpferischen Persönlichkeit [Wien, 1959], No. 5, p. 34

[2].

Stimmen der Völker. Die schönsten Gedichte aller Zeiten und Länder. Edited by Alfred Wolfenstein. Amsterdam: Querido Verlag, 1938, p. 226

[3].

"Was wir wollen!" Gedichte und Nachdichtungen [Krems an der Donau, 2019], No. 79, p. 105 [Keats letztes Sonett]

English orginal: "Bright star, would that I were steadfast as thou art!"

The poems of John Keats have been reprinted countless times. The editions listed below are easily obtainiable:

[3].

The Complete Poetical Works and Letters of John Keats [Cambridge Edition]. Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1899, p. 232

[4].

Keats's Poetry and Prose. Selected and edited by Jeffrey N. Cox. New York/London: W. W. Norton & Company, 2009, pp. 337-338. Contains a commentary on the sonnet and a holograph version thereof

[5].

Life, Letters, and Literary Remains of John Keats. Edited by Richard Monckton Milnes. Frontispiece portrait of John Keats. New York: George P. Putnam, 1848, p. 393. See also the British edition. 2 vols. London: E. Moxon, 1848

[6].

The Poetical Works of Keats [Cambridge Edition]. Revised with a New Introduction by Paul D. Sheats. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1975, p. 232