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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A Book for the Sleepless Edith Sitwell. When the wind plays soft they sing , For here the birds ' songs never ring , Quite still the fruit that in a golden shower Will fall one day to flood this tower . II Orange Tree by Night If you ...
A Book for the Sleepless Edith Sitwell. When the wind plays soft they sing , For here the birds ' songs never ring , Quite still the fruit that in a golden shower Will fall one day to flood this tower . II Orange Tree by Night If you ...
Page 66
... Sing and dance it trippingly . TYTANIA . First , rehearse this song by roate , To each word a warbling note : Hand in hand , with Fairy grace , Will we sing , and blesse this place . The Song Now , until the breake of day , Through this ...
... Sing and dance it trippingly . TYTANIA . First , rehearse this song by roate , To each word a warbling note : Hand in hand , with Fairy grace , Will we sing , and blesse this place . The Song Now , until the breake of day , Through this ...
Page 67
... singing it . That Song to - night , Will not go from my mind ; I haue much to do But to go hang my head all at one side , And sing it like poore Barbarie . Prythee dispatch . ÆMILIA . Shall I go fetch your Night - gowne ? DESDEMONA . No ...
... singing it . That Song to - night , Will not go from my mind ; I haue much to do But to go hang my head all at one side , And sing it like poore Barbarie . Prythee dispatch . ÆMILIA . Shall I go fetch your Night - gowne ? DESDEMONA . No ...
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