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Orchids
: Poems by Theodore Wratislaw
Wratislaw, Theodore
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ORCHIDS
I.
I A DANCER
II.
II IN THE TARANTELLA
HER PHOTOGRAPH
AT THE STAGE-DOOR
GIFTS
LA FLEUR DU JARDIN D'ICI BAS
THE CONQUEST OF SENSE
WHITE LILIES
SONNET MACABRE
TO SALOME AT SAINT JAMES'S
CHANSONETTE
FINIS
IMPRESSION
EPILOGUE
ETCHINGS
RENCONTRE
HOTHOUSE FLOWERS
Ερος δ' αυτε . . .
HESPERIDES ET ULTRA
ON TIPTOE
NOCTURNE
AESTAS
ASLEEP
TUBEROSE
TANNHAUSER
SONGS TO ELIZABETH
MODERN FRIENDS
A LOVER'S CONSOLATION
SONG
BRYNHILDR
SIEGFRIED
A MINOR CHORD
LYRIC
THE MIRROR TO THE BEAUTY
CE QUE N'EST PAS VRAI
THE PAINTER
HER FAULT
SEA-SCAPE
SWIMMING SONG
TO A PIANIST
HOPE
A LITANY
AVE MARIS STELLA
SPES ET FIDES
A RONDEL OF ADIEU
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CHANSONETTE
Could
a flower replace
Every kiss of ours
Then the world and space
Were a bed of flowers.
Foolish flowers and vain
Bruised by many fears!
They would have for rain
My unnumbered tears.
Orchids