Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell Cold Poems

• 1. Scotch Rhapsody
  Do not take a bath in Jordan, Gordon,
  On the holy Sabbath, on the peaceful day! '
  Said the huntsman, playing on his old bagpipe,
  Boring to death the pheasant and the snipe â??
  ...
• 2. Heart And Mind
  SAID the Lion to the Lioness-'When you are amber dust,-
  No more a raging fire like the heat of the Sun
  (No liking but all lust)-
  Remember still the flowering of the amber blood and bone,
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• 3. Eventail
  Lovely Semiramis
  Closes her slanting eyes:
  Dead is she long ago,
  From her fan sliding slow
  ...
• 4. Bells Of Gray Crystal
  Bells of gray crystal
  Break on each bough--
  The swans' breath will mist all
  The cold airs now.
  ...
• 5. By The Lake
  ACROSS the flat and the pastel snow
  Two people go . . . . 'And do you remember
  When last we wandered this shore?' . . . 'Ah no!
  For it is cold-hearted December.'
  ...
• 6. When Cold December
  WHEN cold December
  Froze to grisamber
  The jangling bells on the sweet rose-trees--
  Then fading slow
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• 7. The Fan
  LOVELY Semiramis
  Closes her slanting eyes:
  Dead is she long ago.
  From her fan, sliding slow,
  ...
• 8. The Web Of Eros
  Within your magic web of hair, lies furled
  The fire and splendour of the ancient world;
  The dire gold of the comet's wind-blown hair;
  The songs that turned to gold the evening air
  ...
• 9. Aubade
  JANE, Jane,
  Tall as a crane,
  The morning light creaks down again;
  
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