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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... hear the warbling birds , But I feed not the warbling birds ; they fly and seek their food : But Thel delights in these no more , because I fade away ; And all shall say , ' Without a use this shining woman liv'd , Or did she only live ...
... hear the warbling birds , But I feed not the warbling birds ; they fly and seek their food : But Thel delights in these no more , because I fade away ; And all shall say , ' Without a use this shining woman liv'd , Or did she only live ...
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... hears no sound . " Am I grown deaf ? " he cries , and listens , listens : Rain on the windows , lapping of waves on the pool Both these he hears , and silent only The drum , strange damask drum . Oh , will it never sound ? I thought to ...
... hears no sound . " Am I grown deaf ? " he cries , and listens , listens : Rain on the windows , lapping of waves on the pool Both these he hears , and silent only The drum , strange damask drum . Oh , will it never sound ? I thought to ...
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... hear the rolling of a drum . Oh , joyful sound , oh joyful ! The music of a drum . COURTIER . Strange , strange ! This lady speaks as one By phantasy possessed . What is amiss , what ails her ? PRINCESS . Truly , by phantasy I am ...
... hear the rolling of a drum . Oh , joyful sound , oh joyful ! The music of a drum . COURTIER . Strange , strange ! This lady speaks as one By phantasy possessed . What is amiss , what ails her ? PRINCESS . Truly , by phantasy 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