A Book of the WinterEdith Sitwell Macmillan, 1950 - 86 pages |
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Page 37
... rags fluttered about them ; as the carriages stopped beside the shops , so brightly lighted in the blackness that the windows seemed fountains of jewels , the beggars , their shapes made monstrous by the changing dark- ness , huge and ...
... rags fluttered about them ; as the carriages stopped beside the shops , so brightly lighted in the blackness that the windows seemed fountains of jewels , the beggars , their shapes made monstrous by the changing dark- ness , huge and ...
Page 38
... rags and bones were swept - each a universe of misery , a world of hunger and polar wastes , shut off from all others . Some were young , and these had nothing between their one outer covering of rags and their skin , so that it seemed ...
... rags and bones were swept - each a universe of misery , a world of hunger and polar wastes , shut off from all others . Some were young , and these had nothing between their one outer covering of rags and their skin , so that it seemed ...
Page 39
... rags included , and I believe no gentleman would refuse to give ten shillings for a good fat child . ” • Rag castle after rag castle , the world of beggars was swept along , and night fell upon the two nations who alone inhabit the ...
... rags included , and I believe no gentleman would refuse to give ten shillings for a good fat child . ” • Rag castle after rag castle , the world of beggars was swept along , and night fell upon the two nations who alone inhabit the ...
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