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 32
... waves that beat on a sandy shore . CHORUS . Oh , with a thunder of white waves The echo of the drum shall roll . GARDENER . The after - world draws near me , Yet even now I wake not From this autumn of love that closes In sadness the ...
... waves that beat on a sandy shore . CHORUS . Oh , with a thunder of white waves The echo of the drum shall roll . GARDENER . The after - world draws near me , Yet even now I wake not From this autumn of love that closes In sadness the ...
Page 34
... waves I hear the rolling of a drum . Oh , joyful sound , oh joyful ! The music of a drum . COURTIER . Strange ... wave stirred . PRINCESS . And out of the wave COURTIER . A 34 PLANET AND GLOW - WORM.
... waves I hear the rolling of a drum . Oh , joyful sound , oh joyful ! The music of a drum . COURTIER . Strange ... wave stirred . PRINCESS . And out of the wave COURTIER . A 34 PLANET AND GLOW - WORM.
Page 58
... waves of the sea , great waves born of love or of a dream , the flesh of poets , solar statues , nocturnal masks , white rose - trees , flowering in the snow , chimeras , vierges illuminées . ( Rough translation of a prose poem by PAUL ...
... waves of the sea , great waves born of love or of a dream , the flesh of poets , solar statues , nocturnal masks , white rose - trees , flowering in the snow , chimeras , vierges illuminées . ( Rough translation of a prose poem by PAUL ...
Contents
OF GOLDEN HAIR Robert Burton | 1 |
PREFACE | 3 |
THE BREATH OF FLOWERS Francis Bacon | 17 |
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