The TempersFront matterReading editionChapter navigation20 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterPeace on EarthPostludeFirst PraiseHomageThe Fool's SongFrom "The Birth of Venus," SongImmortalMezzo ForteAn After SongCrude LamentThe OrdealThe Death of Franco of Cologne: His Prophecy of BeethovenPortentCon BrioAd InfinitumTranslations from the Spanish, "El Romancero"Hic JacetContemporaniaTo wish Myself CourageBeginning of this editionNext chapter →Peace on EarthAll chapters and sections (20)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsPeace on EarthPostludeFirst PraiseHomageThe Fool's SongFrom "The Birth of Venus," SongImmortalMezzo ForteAn After SongCrude LamentThe OrdealThe Death of Franco of Cologne: His Prophecy of BeethovenPortentCon BrioAd InfinitumTranslations from the Spanish, "El Romancero"Hic JacetContemporaniaTo wish Myself CourageTO CARLOS HOHEBPeace on Earth →