Victoria Sackville-west

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Victoria Sackville-west Night Poems

  • 1.
    Leopards on the gable-ends,
    Leopards on the painted stair,
    Stiff the blazoned shield they bear,
    Or and gules, a bend of vair,
    ...
  • 2.
    If I had only loved your flesh
    And careless damned your soul to Hell,
    I might have laughed and loved afresh,
    And loved as lightly and as well,
    ...
  • 3.
    The greater cats with golden eyes
    Stare out between the bars.
    Deserts are there, and the different skies,
    And night with different stars.
    ...
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Total 4 Night Poems by Victoria Sackville-west

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