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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... violet leaves , mandrake roots , henbane , white poppy " , that Rulandus , according to Robert Burton , recommended . and sorrows are far away , long since comforted , like that evoked by the thought of that " most sweet wife , a young ...
... violet leaves , mandrake roots , henbane , white poppy " , that Rulandus , according to Robert Burton , recommended . and sorrows are far away , long since comforted , like that evoked by the thought of that " most sweet wife , a young ...
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... violet ; specially the white double violet , which comes twice a year ; about the middle of April , and about Bartholomewtide . Next to that is the musk - rose . Then the strawberry - leaves dying which ( yield ) a most excellent ...
... violet ; specially the white double violet , which comes twice a year ; about the middle of April , and about Bartholomewtide . Next to that is the musk - rose . Then the strawberry - leaves dying which ( yield ) a most excellent ...
Page 52
... violet . Welle ( was hire dryng ) ; Wat was hire dryng ? The chelde water of ( the ) welle - spring . Welle was hire bour ; Wat was hire bour ? The rede rose ant te lilie flour . GLOSSARY.mor : moor . ANON . ( 14th century . ) Seuenyst ...
... violet . Welle ( was hire dryng ) ; Wat was hire dryng ? The chelde water of ( the ) welle - spring . Welle was hire bour ; Wat was hire bour ? The rede rose ant te lilie flour . GLOSSARY.mor : moor . ANON . ( 14th century . ) Seuenyst ...
Contents
OF GOLDEN HAIR Robert Burton | 1 |
PREFACE | 3 |
THE BREATH OF FLOWERS Francis Bacon | 17 |
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