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EGV3_toc

XML     PDF TABLE OF CONTENTS The Database of Ornament          Cover    .      .      .     .     .    by CHARLES H. MACKIE.     [1]    Half-title page    .      .      .  [artist unknown.]     [3]    Title-page    .      .      .     .    decorated by JOHN DUNCAN.     5       Almanac    .      .      .     .      by HELEN HAY.     6       The…

EGV3_thomson_biology

XML     PDF THE BIOLOGY OF SUMMER The Database of Ornament ARGUMENT.—Life is rhythmic and is punctuated by the seasons. Summeris the crest of the…

EGV3_sharp_oceanus

XML     PDF OCEANUS The Database of Ornament                                           I                         Dead Calm: Noon. VAST, vast, immeasurably vast, thy dreadful peace,       When heaving with slow mighty breath thou       liestIn utter…

EGV3_robertson_sadness

XML     PDF SUMMER-NIGHT SADNESS The Database of Ornament             SAVE for the night-wind crisp and cool,               That vaguely thrills a sullen wave,            The calm that broods above…

EGV3_rinder_rumengol

XML     PDF TELEN RUMENGOL¹ The Database of Ornament             ‘Le paradis ne se gagne qu’aux pieds des saints de son pays.’ PEACE reigned in the…

EGV3_mullholland_forerunner

XML     PDF I. —A FORERUNNER The Database of Ornament                  CYTHEREA, in green gown,                 Hair alight and purple crown,                 Wendeth amid willows wan                        In the ice dews by…

EGV3_macleod_rowans

XML     PDF UNDER THE ROWANS The Database of Ornament             GREEN branches, green branches, I see you beckon;                         I follow!            Sweet is the place you guard,…

EGV3_macleod_earth

XML     PDF THE KINGDOM OF THE EARTH¹ The Database of Ornament LONG, long ago a Gypsy king, old and blind, but dowered with ancestral…

EGV3_macleod_air

XML     PDF A SUMMER AIR The Database of Ornament                                     O WAVING trees                                        And waving wind                                    And waving seas                                        And waving mind—                                    Where, far and wide,                                        Am I to roam                                    To…

EGV3_macleay_nannack

XML     PDF NANNACK The Database of Ornament                         SUN burnt and sun burnt,                        Rain on soft rain fell,                        And gleamed a tinge of green—                        Just a heart beat:                        Then…