
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
SINGERIE
THE AVENUE
MANDOLINE
“COMEDY FOR MARIONETTES” (To I. C. P.)
FALSETTO SONG
EVENTAIL
FIFTEEN BUCOLIC POEMS - I WHAT THE GOOSEGIRL SAID ABOUT THE DEAN
SEVEN NURSERY SONGS - I OLD LADY FLY-AWAY
PEDAGOGUES AND FLOWER-SHOWS - I
A kaleidoscopic journey unfolds in a chorus of bright, absurdist verses that feel as if a carnival has slipped into a dream. The narrator mingles with masquerade figures—Pantaloon, Scaramouche, a bright‑tongued parrot—while music erupts from piano keys and mandolines, turning streets into shimmering scores. Each line swirls with colour, texture and the unexpected, inviting listeners to map a landscape where melody and madness fuse.
The collection moves through a series of vivid tableaux: a glassy avenue where shadows dance on ivory and ebony, a summer afternoon in a fiery underworld, and a parade of whimsical nursery songs that echo with both humor and melancholy. Themes of performance, identity and the thin line between order and chaos flicker beneath the decorative excess, offering a playful yet thoughtful meditation on the nature of art itself. Listeners will find themselves carried by the rhythmic surge, feeling the pulse of a world that is at once familiar and delightfully unhinged.
Language
en
Duration
~54 minutes (52K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Charlene Taylor, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Release date
2020-07-05
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1887–1964
Known for her daring style and larger-than-life public presence, this English poet helped bring modernist experimentation into the spotlight. Her work later took on a deeper emotional power, blending musical language with sharp intelligence.
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