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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... eyes , so difficult to see under the flowing hair , stare intently , trying to force your attention . This brittle ghost is just about to convey his message to you when the sun suddenly disappears over the hills and the light at once ...
... eyes , so difficult to see under the flowing hair , stare intently , trying to force your attention . This brittle ghost is just about to convey his message to you when the sun suddenly disappears over the hills and the light at once ...
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... eyes , to fall Scattered like dewdrops from a shaken flower On my coarse - woven dress . See here the marks , imprint of tangled love , That all the world will read . GARDENER . I said " I will forget . " CHORUS . And got worse torment ...
... eyes , to fall Scattered like dewdrops from a shaken flower On my coarse - woven dress . See here the marks , imprint of tangled love , That all the world will read . GARDENER . I said " I will forget . " CHORUS . And got worse torment ...
Page 75
... eyes ? Still the Fountain weeps for all . Let night or day doe what they will Thou hast thy task ; thou weepest still . RICHARD CRASHAW . Ab my dere • " Ah my dere , ah my dere Son , " Said Mary , " ah my dere , Kiss thy mother , Jesu ...
... eyes ? Still the Fountain weeps for all . Let night or day doe what they will Thou hast thy task ; thou weepest still . RICHARD CRASHAW . Ab my dere • " Ah my dere , ah my dere Son , " Said Mary , " ah my dere , Kiss thy mother , Jesu ...
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