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VV2-swift-waltham

XML   PDF John de Waltham A Fragment of a Play                                     SCENE: A FOREST         Enter Marion Levenoth, a reputed witch, and a disguised Priest.         Priest. …

VV2-sullivan-actress

XML   PDF On staying at an Hotel with a Celebrated Actress                                                       I THIS was at Turin. I had strolled slowly back to the hotel…

VV2-roberts-box

XML   PDF The Ebony Box. THERE was nothing, to the glance of a casual observer, of the extraordinary in Colonel Hicks’ drawing-room. Fur- nished…

VV2-robertson-solution

XML   PDF A Solution                                                          I WHEN the door had closed on the last guest, Madame Verneuil bade George Harley draw his chair nearer the…

VV2-ransome-melody

XML   PDF A Tuscan Melody SEVEN hundred years ago, when the heart of Italy was glowing from a new fire and strong with a…

VV2-osullivan-megalomania

XML   PDF Megalomania     THE world is ruled by me and God:     Silent we single from the crowd     The ugly, mean: the fair, the proud,…

VV2-noyes-hour

XML   PDF The Immortal Hour                                          I             HEART of my heart, the world is young              Love lies hidden in every rose;            Every song that the…

VV2-naidu-snake

XML   PDF Snake-Charmer’s Song     WHITHER dost thou hide from the magic of my flute-call,     In what moonlight tangled meshes of perfume,     Where the clustering…

VV2-moore-face

XML   PDF A Face in the Street             MEETING her, for unassuméd pride,            For irreproachable beauty, for calm health,            Thought I saw Cleopatra live again;            She was not…

VV2-monroe-king

XML   PDF For the King THERE was clamour of battle down in the plain,My Knight’s heart laughed and laughed again.         I would strike a…