A Book of the WinterEdith Sitwell Macmillan, 1950 - 86 pages |
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Page 12
... perfect form of a star , with points serrated at the sides , like ferns , on the points whereof still hang some drops . . . which are lost at last , and so it is turned into an exact and perfect star , which is seen in the severest ...
... perfect form of a star , with points serrated at the sides , like ferns , on the points whereof still hang some drops . . . which are lost at last , and so it is turned into an exact and perfect star , which is seen in the severest ...
Page 45
... perfect grotesque relationship to the next , so well balanced and inevitable that no other position for it would seem possible , might well have constituted the model for every Chinese decorative artist of the last twenty centuries ...
... perfect grotesque relationship to the next , so well balanced and inevitable that no other position for it would seem possible , might well have constituted the model for every Chinese decorative artist of the last twenty centuries ...
Page 63
... perfect form , quae nihil habet asperitatis , nihil angulis incisum , nihil anfractibus involutum , nihil eminens , sed inter corpora perfecta est perfectissimum ( which has no rough edges , no corners , no twists , no projections , but ...
... perfect form , quae nihil habet asperitatis , nihil angulis incisum , nihil anfractibus involutum , nihil eminens , sed inter corpora perfecta est perfectissimum ( which has no rough edges , no corners , no twists , no projections , but ...
Contents
THE GODLESS MONTH Lady Murasaki Translated | 2 |
WINTER MORNING Arthur Rimbaud Translated from | 8 |
WITH FEATHER LITTER OF THE COLD Sacheverell | 11 |
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Angel ANON ARTHUR RIMBAUD Arthur Waley beames beauty beggars bien blazing starres blossom Bocconi body bright ceste foy Chinese by Arthur cieulx cold colour coronaberis darkness darknesse DAVID GASCOYNE doe sing doth dreame drum earth exceedeth Fairies falleth fire flame floods flowers fore-paws foy je vueil friendships frost Glo-worme grace hym schynit haires hath Haylle heaven heavenly Helen Rootham Japanese by Arthur JOHN AUBREY JOHN DONNE JOSÉ GARCIA VILLA juyce LADY MURASAKI LÉON BLOY light Lord Middleton lute mercies MERCUTIO misery moder moon never night nihil O'er OSBERT SITWELL plant quan rags ROBERT HERRICK Robin Goodfellows rose Rose-water Rynosseros season shadow shapes snow Song soule spirit spring star starres Summer sunne sunne of grace sweet tears thee things Thou art Translated TSUNEYO Veni violet vivre et mourir vnhappy vueil vivre Weep WILLIAM BLAKE WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE wind Winter