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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A Book for the Sleepless Edith Sitwell. A Pleasant Wind God in the whizzing of a pleasant wind Shall march upon the tops of mulberry trees . GEORGE PEELE . The Gardener Abdolonymus was a gardener , and yet by Alexander for his virtues ...
A Book for the Sleepless Edith Sitwell. A Pleasant Wind God in the whizzing of a pleasant wind Shall march upon the tops of mulberry trees . GEORGE PEELE . The Gardener Abdolonymus was a gardener , and yet by Alexander for his virtues ...
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... wind ? — Wings to hold the fruit high and cool it in the clouds , Or wind blowing over those hot rocks that hold the water ? SACHEVERELL SITWELL . Of Order in the Planting of Trees Of this Quincuncial Ordination the Ancients practised ...
... wind ? — Wings to hold the fruit high and cool it in the clouds , Or wind blowing over those hot rocks that hold the water ? SACHEVERELL SITWELL . Of Order in the Planting of Trees Of this Quincuncial Ordination the Ancients practised ...
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... wind , and he is trying hard to breathe out some message to you before he dies . His yellow robes are flapping like a string of flags , and his eyes , so difficult to see under the flowing hair , stare intently , trying to force your ...
... wind , and he is trying hard to breathe out some message to you before he dies . His yellow robes are flapping like a string of flags , and his eyes , so difficult to see under the flowing hair , stare intently , trying to force your ...
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