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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... doth nourish the innocent lamb , he smells thy milky garments , He crops thy flowers , while thou sittest smiling in his face , Wiping his mild and meeking mouth from all contagious taints . Thy wine doth purify the golden honey ; thy ...
... doth nourish the innocent lamb , he smells thy milky garments , He crops thy flowers , while thou sittest smiling in his face , Wiping his mild and meeking mouth from all contagious taints . Thy wine doth purify the golden honey ; thy ...
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... doth renew his horses ? Look'st thou on my youth , And fearest thou , because I vanish and am seen no more , Nothing remains ? O Maid , I tell thee , when I pass away , It is to tenfold life , to love , to peace , and raptures holy ...
... doth renew his horses ? Look'st thou on my youth , And fearest thou , because I vanish and am seen no more , Nothing remains ? O Maid , I tell thee , when I pass away , It is to tenfold life , to love , to peace , and raptures holy ...
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... heavenly huntresse of the savage mountaines , O lovely starre , entitled of the morning , While that my voice doth fill the wofull vallies , Vouchsafe your silent eares to plaining musike , Which oft 70 PLANET AND GLOW - WORM.
... heavenly huntresse of the savage mountaines , O lovely starre , entitled of the morning , While that my voice doth fill the wofull vallies , Vouchsafe your silent eares to plaining musike , Which oft 70 PLANET AND GLOW - WORM.
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