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 35
... darkness . I am become a demon dwelling In the hell of my dark thoughts , Storm - cloud of my desires . GHOST . " Though the waters parch in the fields Though the brooks run dry , Never shall the place be shown Of the spring that feeds ...
... darkness . I am become a demon dwelling In the hell of my dark thoughts , Storm - cloud of my desires . GHOST . " Though the waters parch in the fields Though the brooks run dry , Never shall the place be shown Of the spring that feeds ...
Page 72
... , In streightnesse past the Cedars of the forrests , Hath cast me wretch into eternall evening , By taking her two Sunnes from these dark vallies . KLAIUS For she , to whome compar'd , the Alps 72 PLANET AND GLOW - WORM.
... , In streightnesse past the Cedars of the forrests , Hath cast me wretch into eternall evening , By taking her two Sunnes from these dark vallies . KLAIUS For she , to whome compar'd , the Alps 72 PLANET AND GLOW - WORM.
Page 78
... Dark Vapors After dark vapors have oppress'd our plains For a long dreary season , comes a day Born of the gentle South , and clears away From the sick heavens all unseemly stains . The anxious month , relieved of its pains , ; JOHN ...
... Dark Vapors After dark vapors have oppress'd our plains For a long dreary season , comes a day Born of the gentle South , and clears away From the sick heavens all unseemly stains . The anxious month , relieved of its pains , ; JOHN ...
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