Author: SITWELL, Edith
Title: Autograph Manuscript Signed (Ams): "a Young Girl's Song
Description: n.p. n.d. Manuscript. AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED (AMS) on both sides of yellow lined legal paper of a poem of 34 lines titled "A Young Girl's Song." In part: "The King of Nowhere said to me--/Nodding his wintery crown/that seemed an ass's crown of ears/Or a broken town---/'Young girl, your love begs 'Give to me/your body, for your soul/Is only an illusion! But,'/Said the winter air/(The aged King of Nowhere)/'You must lay your body by,/As other women may lay bare/Their bodies to the foolish air/That they call 'Love'; Nowhere, alone,/Shall then be Lovers' Town. Creases, otherwise Near Fine .

Keywords: Signed, Manuscript, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Modern Poetry Manuscript Modern First Editions Signed Literature: English


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