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 36
... falls To a fell snake is turned , " 2 I The names of two of the Cold Hells in the Buddhist Inferno . 2 There is a legend that the fish who succeed in leaping a certain water- fall turn into dragons . So the gardener's attempt to raise ...
... falls To a fell snake is turned , " 2 I The names of two of the Cold Hells in the Buddhist Inferno . 2 There is a legend that the fish who succeed in leaping a certain water- fall turn into dragons . So the gardener's attempt to raise ...
Page 63
... fall , They fall like dew , but make no noise at all . So silently they one to th❜other come , As colours PLANET AND GLOW - WORM 63.
... fall , They fall like dew , but make no noise at all . So silently they one to th❜other come , As colours PLANET AND GLOW - WORM 63.
Page 75
... fall and fall ; Does day close his 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 ...
... fall and fall ; Does day close his 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 ...
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