Planet and Glow-worm: A Book for the SleeplessEdith Sitwell Macmillan & Company Limited, 1944 - 82 pages Contains poetry and extracts from drama and prose works. Includes some of Arthur Waley's translations of Chinese poetry. |
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Page 32
... echo of the drum shall roll . GARDENER . The after - world draws near me , Yet even now I wake not From this autumn of love that closes In sadness the sequence of my years . CHORUS . And slow as the autumn dew Tears gather in my eyes ...
... echo of the drum shall roll . GARDENER . The after - world draws near me , Yet even now I wake not From this autumn of love that closes In sadness the sequence of my years . CHORUS . And slow as the autumn dew Tears gather in my eyes ...
Page 54
... echo ! Ah dew ! ah dew ! It was so duusk that the tears of night began to fall , first by ones and twos , then by threes and fours , at last by fives and sixes of sevens , for the tired ones were wecking ; as we weep now with them . O ...
... echo ! Ah dew ! ah dew ! It was so duusk that the tears of night began to fall , first by ones and twos , then by threes and fours , at last by fives and sixes of sevens , for the tired ones were wecking ; as we weep now with them . O ...
Page 70
... ECHO . Oh , fly your fate ! DELIO . Hark ! the dead stones seem to have pity on you , And give you good counsel . ANTONIO . Echo , I will not talk with thee , For thou art a dead thing . ECHO . Thou art a dead thing . ANTONIO . My ...
... ECHO . Oh , fly your fate ! DELIO . Hark ! the dead stones seem to have pity on you , And give you good counsel . ANTONIO . Echo , I will not talk with thee , For thou art a dead thing . ECHO . Thou art a dead thing . ANTONIO . My ...
Contents
OF GOLDEN HAIR Robert Burton | 1 |
PREFACE | 3 |
THE BREATH OF FLOWERS Francis Bacon | 17 |
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aimé amante âme Arthur Waley baiser beat the drum Beauty ben blake bird C'est CHARLES BAUDELAIRE CHORUS clept Cloud colour Contree COURTIER cristall d'une damask drum DELIO doth Dragon dyamandes Early Snow ECHO Ethiope eyes fade femmes fleur du silence fleur hypocrite flowers forrests fynden Garden of Cyrus GARDENER GEORGE PEELE GÉRARD DE NERVAL GHOST gode golden gret grete growen hair Hast thov hath Hatsuyuki heart heaven Jade kepethe KLAIUS kynde l'eau lady lond Lullay Lune morning musike night noire nuit ô rose Oothoon outen parfum Plantations pleine PRINCESS ROBERT BURTON ROBERT HERRICK Rose au cœur Rose au front rose couleur rouge SACHEVERELL SITWELL seul SITWELL sleep smale smell soleil sorrow soul sound sous springs sume sweet syde tears thee Thel thou Tombe tree vales vallies verte vertue violet Virgin voice waves weeping whan Willough wind Worm yeux