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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... delight Can never pass away . " She ceas'd , and clos'd her Golden shrine . Then Oothoon pluck'd the flower , saying : " I pluck thee from thy bed , Sweet flower , and put thee here to glow between my breasts ; And thus I turn my face ...
... delight Can never pass away . " She ceas'd , and clos'd her Golden shrine . Then Oothoon pluck'd the flower , saying : " I pluck thee from thy bed , Sweet flower , and put thee here to glow between my breasts ; And thus I turn my face ...
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... delight , than to know what be the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air . Roses , damask and red , are ... delightful to be set under a parlour or lower chamber window . Then pinks and gillyflowers , specially the matted pink ...
... delight , than to know what be the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air . Roses , damask and red , are ... delightful to be set under a parlour or lower chamber window . Then pinks and gillyflowers , specially the matted pink ...
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... 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 not weigh the gayest flowers , or the wings of butterflies against wheat ; but when I am to choose wheat , I may ...
... 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 not weigh the gayest flowers , or the wings of butterflies against wheat ; but when I am to choose wheat , I may ...
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