AN ANTHOLOGY
Reading edition
SELECTED AND EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION AND CRITICAL COMMENTS
By MAXIMILIAN J. RUDWIN
“Mortal, mock not at the Devil, Life is short and soon will fail, And the ‘fire everlasting’ Is no idle fairy-tale.” —Heine.
NEW YORK ALFRED · A · KNOPF MCMXXI
COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY ALFRED A. KNOPF, Inc.
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA