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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... Song Hot sun , cool fire , tempered with sweet air , Black shade , fair nurse , shadow my white hair : Shine sun , burn fire ; breathe , air , and ease me ; Black shade , fair nurse , shroud me and please me : Shadow , my sweet nurse ...
... Song Hot sun , cool fire , tempered with sweet air , Black shade , fair nurse , shadow my white hair : Shine sun , burn fire ; breathe , air , and ease me ; Black shade , fair nurse , shroud me and please me : Shadow , my sweet nurse ...
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... 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 house each Fairy stray . To the best Bride - bed will we ...
... 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 house each Fairy stray . To the best Bride - bed will we ...
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... Song of Willough , An old thing ' twas , but it express'd her Fortune , And she dy'd 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 ...
... Song of Willough , An old thing ' twas , but it express'd her Fortune , And she dy'd 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 ...
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