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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... head , And gentle sleep the sleep of death , and gentle hear the voice Of Him that walketh in the garden in the evening time . " The Lily of the Valley , breathing in the humble grass , Answered the lovely maid and said : " I am a wat ...
... head , And gentle sleep the sleep of death , and gentle hear the voice Of Him that walketh in the garden in the evening time . " The Lily of the Valley , breathing in the humble grass , Answered the lovely maid and said : " I am a wat ...
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... head , And went to mind her numerous charge among the verdant grass . II “ O little Cloud , ” the Virgin said , " I charge thee tell to me Why thou complainest not , when in one hour thou fade away : Then we shall seek thee , but not ...
... head , And went to mind her numerous charge among the verdant grass . II “ O little Cloud , ” the Virgin said , " I charge thee tell to me Why thou complainest not , when in one hour thou fade away : Then we shall seek thee , but not ...
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... head : She bow'd over the weeping infant , and her life exhal'd In milky fondness : then on Thel she fix'd her humble eyes . " O Beauty of the vales of Har ! we live not for ourselves . Thou seest me , the meanest thing , and so I am ...
... head : She bow'd over the weeping infant , and her life exhal'd In milky fondness : then on Thel she fix'd her humble eyes . " O Beauty of the vales of Har ! we live not for ourselves . Thou seest me , the meanest thing , and so I am ...
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