Yellow Nineties 2.0 The Evergreen: A Northern Seasonal, Part IV.—Winter 1896-7 <editor>Lorraine Janzen Kooistra</editor> </titleStmt> <editionStmt> <p> <date>2019</date> </p> </editionStmt> <publicationStmt> <idno>EGV4_15po</idno> <publisher>Yellow Nineties 2.0</publisher> <pubPlace>Ryerson University Centre for Digital Humanities</pubPlace> <address> <addrLine>English Department</addrLine> <addrLine>350 Victoria Street,</addrLine> <addrLine>Toronto ON,</addrLine> <addrLine>M5B 2K3</addrLine> <addrLine>Canada</addrLine> </address> <availability> <p>Usable according to the Creative Commons License <ref target="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/">Attribution Non-commercial Share-alike</ref>.</p> </availability> </publicationStmt> <sourceDesc> <biblStruct> <monogr> <editor> </editor> <author>W. J. Robertson</author> <title>Symbols Patrick Geddes and Colleagues Edinburgh T. Fisher Unwin London Winter 1896-7 Robertson, W. J.. "Symbols." The Evergreen; A Northern Seasonal, vol. 4, Winter 1896-7, pp. 51-52. Evergreen Digital Edition, edited by Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, 2016-2018. Yellow Nineties 2.0, Ryerson University Centre for Digital Humanities, 2019. https://1890s.ca/egv4_robertson_symbols/

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 1896-7 English English literature -- 19th century -- Periodicals Great Britain -- Periodicals Poetry Possible Genres (multiple): "Fiction," "Nonfiction," "Poetry," "Paratext" (TOC, prospecti, advertisements, frontmatter, titlepage), "Review" (older reviews), "Criticism" (including critical introductions), "Visual Art" (images, bio images), Historiography (bios),"Bibliography" (intros, crit, bios, anything with a bibliography attached), "Drama," "Ephemera," "Translation," "Religion," "Travel Writing," "Music, Other,") Periodical Possible Types (singular): "Periodical" (texts/most stuff), "Interactive Resource" (current writing, biographies, not old reviews), "Still Image" (images, visual art), "Physical Object" (posters, prospecti) Book History Literature Possible Disciplines (multiple): "Book History (include for all periodical items)," "Literature," "Art History (use for art, also use for reviews)," "History (don't use in a general sense)," "Theatre Studies," "Musicology," "Philosophy," "Anthropology," "Science"
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The Database of Ornament

SPLENDOUR of dawn on the hills, in the rose-coloured       blossom of morn; Splendour of moonlight unmuffled and glassed in the       shimmering sea; Splendour of melody rolling on surges of harp and       of horn: But the splendour of sunset on cloud is the symbol of splendour       to me. Glory of legions embattled, with wind-blown banners for       wings; And of brows that are laurelled and lit with the vision of glories       to be; Glory of birth, and the blazon of heralds and triumph of kings: But the glory of grass on the grave is the symbol of glory to       me. Beauty of noon in the cloudless blue and the full-blown flower; Beauty of minds that are pure, and beauty of souls that are       free; Beauty of woman unveiled in the bloom of the Lesbian bower: But the beauty of love in the bud is the symbol of beauty to       me. 52 Sorrow of hopes unfulfilled in the blight of unholy desire, And voices of love that are hushed in the shade of the church-       yard tree; Sorrow of sins that grow black in the flame of the cleansing       fire: But the sorrow of wasted youth is the symbol of sorrow to me. Mystery of wings that are furled in the flesh of the grovelling       worm; Mystery of wisdom that slumbers embalmed in the cell of the       bee; Mystery of fragrance and colour congealed in the core of a       germ: But the mystery of life from the dead is the symbol of mystery       to me.

W. J. ROBERTSON.