Victoria Mary Sackville-west

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Victoria Mary Sackville-west Stand Poems

  • 1.
    I see the work of others, and my heart
    Sinks as my own achievement I compare.
    I will not be irresolute, nor despair,
    But battle strongly for my struggling art
    ...
  • 2.
    I wrote the burning words to you
    That meant so much to me.
    I sent them speeding straight to you,
    To you across the sea;
    ...
  • 3.
    As the baying of wolves from afar,
    Borne on the wind from the Golden Horn
    A cry in the distance, long-drawn,
    "Yanghin var! yanghin var!"
    ...
  • 4.
    I woke to daylight, and to find
    A wreath of fading vine-leaves, rough entwined,
    Lying, as dropped in hasty flight, upon my floor.

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Total 4 Stand Poems by Victoria Mary Sackville-west

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