Poem Friede; composed 11 October 1914, on a visit to Hesse's friend Conrad Haussman, and written in his Visitors' Book (see Sämtliche Werke vol. 12, p. 314). This printing 1939 on the evidence of the footnote 'Dieses Gedicht wurde vor fünfundzwanzig Jahren, einige Wochen nach Beginn des Weltkri...
Prosa (Auf einen Dichter); composed Nov 1941-Jan 1942. The present copy is an offprint from Neue Schweizer Rundshau, April 1942. There are the following variants between this printing and that in the Sämtliche Werke: stanza 1 line 4 this printing has 'müdevoll-süsse' for SW 'mühvoll-süße' sta...
Antwort auf Bittbriefe [prose relating to the difficulties of publishing in wartime]; dated Montagnola, 1947. This is the only recorded publication before inclusion in Sämtliche Werke.
Poem Knarren eines geknickten Astes; composed 1-8 Aug. 1962. 'Das letzte Gedicht von Hermann Hesse' printed on front cover. Apparently the third of three versions.