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    Acanthus and Wild Grape
    Acanthus and Wild Grape
    Acanthus and Wild Grape
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    Acanthus and Wild Grape

    By Frank Oliver Call

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateDec 13, 2019
    ISBN4064066189990
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      Acanthus and Wild Grape - Frank Oliver Call

      Frank Oliver Call

      Acanthus and Wild Grape

      Published by Good Press, 2019

      goodpress@okpublishing.info

      EAN 4064066189990

      Table of Contents

      ACANTHUS

      WILD GRAPE

      FOREWORD

      ACANTHUS

      ACANTHUS

      THE OLD GODS

      THE OBELISK

      GRAY BIRDS

      AFTER TEA

      THROUGH A LONG CLOISTER

      CATHEDRAL VESPERS

      THE LOTUS-WORSHIPPERS

      THE BROKEN MAST

      THE LACE-MAKER OF BRUGES

      RHEIMS

      CALVARY

      GONE WEST

      PEACE

      HIDDEN TREASURE

      A RIVER SUNSET

      THE MADONNA

      AN IDOL IN A SHOP WINDOW

      IN A FOREST

      THE GOLDEN BOWL

      ON A SWISS MOUNTAIN

      THE NUN'S GARDEN

      YOU WENT AWAY IN SUMMERTIME

      TO A MODERN POET

      THE MYSTIC

      AD EPISCOPI COLLEGIUM

      A SONG OF THE HOMELAND

      THE MIRROR

      I MADE A LITTLE SONG

      BIRDS

      THE BLUEBIRD'S WING

      THE ANSWER

      WILD GRAPE

      WILD GRAPE

      TO A GREEK STATUE

      OMNIPRESENCE

      MY CATHEDRAL

      THE FOUNDRY

      SWISS SKETCHES

      VISIONS

      JAPANESE PRINTS

      A VENETIAN PALACE

      JAPANESE IRIS

      JAPANESE LOVE-SONGS

      CUPS OF JADE

      THE LOON'S CRY

      PRAYER

      ACANTHUS

      Table of Contents

      Foreword

      Acanthus

      The Old Gods

      The Obelisk

      Gray Birds

      After Tea

      Through a Long Cloister

      Cathedral Vespers

      The Lotus-Worshippers

      The Broken Mast

      The Lace-maker of Bruges

      Rheims

      Calvary

      Gone West

      Peace

      Hidden Treasure

      A River Sunset

      The Madonna

      An Idol in a Shop Window

      In a Forest

      The Golden Bowl

      On a Swiss Mountain

      The Nun's Garden

      You Went Away in Summertime

      To a Modern Poet

      The Mystic

      Ad Episcopi Collegium

      A Song of the Homeland

      The Mirror

      I Made a Little Song

      Birds

      The Bluebird's Wing

      The Answer

      WILD GRAPE

      Table of Contents

      Wild Grape

      To a Greek Statue

      Omnipresence

      My Cathedral

      The Foundry

      Swiss Sketches—

      (I) After Sunset on Jura

      (II) Lucerne

      (III) Lake Leman

      Visions—

      I, II, III, IV

      Japanese Prints—

      (I) The Lady with the Yellow Fan

      (II) Caged Birds

      (III) Wisteria

      A Venetian Palace

      Japanese Iris

      Japanese Love-Songs

      Cups of Jade

      The Loon's Cry

      Prayer

      FOREWORD

      Table of Contents

      Poetry has been defined as Thought touched by Emotion, and I know no better working definition, although no doubt more scientific and accurate ones could be found. The best poets of all ages seem to have had this ideal plainly before them, whether consciously or unconsciously, and I cannot see how modern poets can dispense with either thought or emotion if they are to write real poetry. For one is not enough without

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