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Wheels - The Fourth Cycle

A series of six volumes of Wheels anthologies was produced by members of the Sitwell family between 1916 and 1922. The fourth volume, published in 1919, contains several notable poems by the recently deceased Wilfred Owen. The other poets represented are Francisco Quevedo, Aldous Huxley, Arnold James, Iris Tree, Sherard Vines, and Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell. - Summary by Algy Pug (2 hr 0 min)

Chapters

Corpse-Day by Osbert Sitwell

English Gothic by Osbert Sitwell

Nocturne by Osbert Sitwell

The Bethrothal of Priapus by Aldous Huxley

Frascati’s by Aldous Huxley

Verrey’s by Aldous Huxley

Topiary by Aldous Huxley

Love Song by Aldous Huxley

Complaint of a Poet Manque by Aldous Huxley

The Reef by Aldous Huxley

Serenade by Sacheverell Sitwell

The Italian Air by Sacheverell Sitwell

Mrs H […] or a Lady from Babel by Sacheverell Sitwell

Valse Estudiantina by Sacheverell Sitwell

Three poems by Arnold James

Cordova by Francisco Quevedo

To the Mosquito of the Little Trumpet by Francisco Quevedo

Elders by Iris Tree

The Complex Life by Iris Tree

Remorse by Iris Tree

Soul’s Avarice by Iris Tree

Wanderlust by Iris Tree

Changing Mirrors by Iris Tree

Lamp-Posts by Iris Tree

Memory by Iris Tree

Disenchantment by Iris Tree

The Show by Wilfred Owen

Strange Meeting by Wilfred Owen

A Terre by Wilfred Owen

The Sentry by Wilfred Owen

Disabled by Wilfred Owen

The Dead Beat by Wilfred Owen

The Chances by Wilfred Owen

Elan Vital by Sherard Vines

The Soldier’s Last Love by Sherard Vines

Experience by Sherard Vines

New Saints by Sherard Vines

Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh by Sherard Vines

A Dark Church by Sherard Vines

Materialism : or Pastor takes the Restaurant Car for Heaven by Edith Sitwell

Nine Bucolic Poems by Edith Sitwell

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