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Black Armour
Poetry.
77 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1923
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Elinor Wylie
58 books25 followersElinor Morton Wylie, born Elinor Morton Hoyt, was an American poet and novelist.
She was the grandaughter of Henry M. Hoyt and a sister to Nancy Hoyt.
She was the grandaughter of Henry M. Hoyt and a sister to Nancy Hoyt.
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August 15, 2022
Life falls short of hopes. Armor protects us from the disappointment. Top tip: Let No Charitable Hope.
October 9, 2023
"Three Wishes" by Elinor Wylie
Sink out of being, and go down, go down
Through the steep layers of emerald and jade
With warm thin skin of turquoise overlaid,
Where the slow coral spins a ghostly town
Of tower and minaret and fretted crown,
Give up your breath in sleep's subaqueous
shade,
Hold to oblivion; are you afraid
Of cold deep death? Are you afraid to drown?
You have three flashing looks, like fairy
wishes;
One burns your eyelids with a lightning-wink
Which turns into a rainbow world, and one
Shows sea-birds brighter than the silver fishes,
And one- the last wild chance before you
sink-
A flock of dancing clouds about the sun.
Sink out of being, and go down, go down
Through the steep layers of emerald and jade
With warm thin skin of turquoise overlaid,
Where the slow coral spins a ghostly town
Of tower and minaret and fretted crown,
Give up your breath in sleep's subaqueous
shade,
Hold to oblivion; are you afraid
Of cold deep death? Are you afraid to drown?
You have three flashing looks, like fairy
wishes;
One burns your eyelids with a lightning-wink
Which turns into a rainbow world, and one
Shows sea-birds brighter than the silver fishes,
And one- the last wild chance before you
sink-
A flock of dancing clouds about the sun.
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