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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A Book for the Sleepless Edith Sitwell. OF GOLDEN HAIR . Robert Burton THE BEAUTY OF NAMES : I. Osbert Sitwell II . Paul Éluard FOR COOLING THE FACE . Robert Burton . PAGE 55 56 58 59 TO THE MOST FAIR AND LOVELY MISTRIS ANNE SOAME , NOW ...
A Book for the Sleepless Edith Sitwell. OF GOLDEN HAIR . Robert Burton THE BEAUTY OF NAMES : I. Osbert Sitwell II . Paul Éluard FOR COOLING THE FACE . Robert Burton . PAGE 55 56 58 59 TO THE MOST FAIR AND LOVELY MISTRIS ANNE SOAME , NOW ...
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... hair : Shine sun , burn fire ; breathe , air , and ease me ; Black shade , fair nurse , shroud me and please me : Shadow , my sweet nurse , keep me from burning , Make not my glad cause , cause of mourning . 1 Sir Osbert Sitwell , in an ...
... hair : Shine sun , burn fire ; breathe , air , and ease me ; Black shade , fair nurse , shroud me and please me : Shadow , my sweet nurse , keep me from burning , Make not my glad cause , cause of mourning . 1 Sir Osbert Sitwell , in an ...
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... hair and the water - sleek beard of each captive , now that they were tied up and held fast , were no longer the passive plants of a field , but were seen as the elusive and highly strung dwellers among the water shallows . Their gilded ...
... hair and the water - sleek beard of each captive , now that they were tied up and held fast , were no longer the passive plants of a field , but were seen as the elusive and highly strung dwellers among the water shallows . Their gilded ...
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