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 33
... damask ! He does not know That on a damask drum he beats , Beats with all the strength of his hands , his aged hands , But hears no sound . " Am I grown deaf ? " he cries , and listens , listens : Rain on the windows , lapping of waves ...
... damask ! He does not know That on a damask drum he beats , Beats with all the strength of his hands , his aged hands , But hears no sound . " Am I grown deaf ? " he cries , and listens , listens : Rain on the windows , lapping of waves ...
Page 34
... damask drum give sound ? When I bad him beat what could not ring , Then tottered first my wits . COURTIER . She spoke , and on the face of the evening pool A wave stirred . PRINCESS . And out of the wave COURTIER . A 34 PLANET AND GLOW ...
... damask drum give sound ? When I bad him beat what could not ring , Then tottered first my wits . COURTIER . She spoke , and on the face of the evening pool A wave stirred . PRINCESS . And out of the wave COURTIER . A 34 PLANET AND GLOW ...
Page 63
... damask rose which is sweeter in the still than on the stalk ? II JOHN LYLY . • I will love a worthy friend that can delight me as well as profit me , rather than him who cannot delight me at all , and profit me no more ; but yet I will ...
... damask rose which is sweeter in the still than on the stalk ? II JOHN LYLY . • I will love a worthy friend that can delight me as well as profit me , rather than him who cannot delight me at all , and profit me no more ; but yet I will ...
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