High perfection in the love sonnet, writes a critic in the New York "Times Book Review," was attained by Elinor Wylie, whose untimely death occurred last December. A posthumous volume of her poems, entitled "Angels and Earthly Creatures 7 ' has just been published. This is an excellent example of her power:— The little beauty that I was allowed— The lip* new-cut and coloured by my sire. The polished hair, the eyes' perceptive fire — Has never been enough to make me proud: For I have moved companioned by a cloud, And lived indifferent to the blood's desire Of temporal loveliness in vain attire: My flesh was but a fresh-embroidered shroud. Now do I erow indignant at the fate Which made me so imperfect to compare With your degree of nobleness and of fair: Our elements are the farthest skies apart: ind I enjoin you. ere It is too late, To stamp your superscription on my heart.
Several London publishers are seeking th« English rights of imprinted manuscripts by Diderot that have recently com* to light.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19676, 20 July 1929, Page 13
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