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 21
... seen as the elusive and highly strung dwellers among the water shallows . Their gilded hair , seen just below the water as they swam , half - hid , to their feeding grounds , were so many parhelions burning among little waves , and ...
... seen as the elusive and highly strung dwellers among the water shallows . Their gilded hair , seen just below the water as they swam , half - hid , to their feeding grounds , were so many parhelions burning among little waves , and ...
Page 29
... seen the land of its birth , could it be possible to tell , from the habit of its growth and flowering , its shape and colour , whence came a plant : for nationality , or race , was a human attribute , and not , surely , a geographical ...
... seen the land of its birth , could it be possible to tell , from the habit of its growth and flowering , its shape and colour , whence came a plant : for nationality , or race , was a human attribute , and not , surely , a geographical ...
Page 64
... seen Where e'er they met , or parting place has been . ROBERT HERRICK . Impossibilities to his Friend My faithful friend , if you can see The Fruit to grow up , or the Tree : If you can see the colour come Into the blushing Peare , or ...
... seen Where e'er they met , or parting place has been . ROBERT HERRICK . Impossibilities to his Friend My faithful friend , if you can see The Fruit to grow up , or the Tree : If you can see the colour come Into the blushing Peare , or ...
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