Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell Light Poems
1. Clowns' Houses
BENEATH the flat and paper sky
The sun, a demon's eye,
Glowed through the air, that mask of glass;
All wand'ring sounds that pass ...
2. Still Falls The Rain
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3. Solo For Ear-trumpet
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4. Portrait Of A Barmaid
Metallic waves of people jar
Through crackling green toward the bar
Where on the tables chattering-white ...
5. Aubade
JANE, Jane,
Tall as a crane,
The morning light creaks down again;
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6. The Dancers: (during A Great Battle, 1916)
The floors are slippery with blood:
The world gyrates too. God is good
That while His wind blows out the light
For those who hourly die for is - ...
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Light Poems by Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell
Top 10 most used topics by Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell
Cold 9
Bright 7
Green 6
White 6
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Hair 5
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Long 5
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