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Wheels - The Fifth Cycle

The Fifth Cycle of the Wheels poetry anthology was published in 1920 and contains poems by Aldous Huxley, Alan Porter, Leah McTavish Coehn, Geoffrey Cookson, William Kean Seymour, John J. Adams, Sherard Vines, and Osbert, Edith and Sacheverell Sitwell. The book was dedicated to Mrs Arnold Bennett, who is described as “poetry’s greatest interpretative artist.” - Summary by Algy Pug (2 hr 20 min)

Chapters

Cornucopia by Osbert Sitwell

Church Parade by Osbert Sitwell

Sunday Afternoon by Osbert Sitwell

De Luxe: Two poems by Osbert Sitwell

At the House of Mrs Kinfoot by Osbert Sitwell

Malgre Lui by Osbert Sitwell

Fragment from “The Valley of the Giants” by Osbert Sitwell

Mrs Prudential consults the Witch of Endor by Osbert Sitwell

Theatre of Varieties by Aldous Huxley

Hard of Hearing by Alan Porter

Lovers by Alan Porter

Blind by Alan Porter

Child’s Song by Leah McTavish Cohen

Time by Geoffrey Cookson

Mist and Cloud by Geoffrey Cookson

Eden by Geoffrey Cookson

Porphryo by Geoffrey Cookson

The Crocodile Discourses by Geoffrey Cookson

The Ambush by William Kean Seymour

Stars by William Kean Seymour

The Flame by William Kean Seymour

Sramozan by William Kean Seymour

“Laughing Lions Will Come” by Sacheverell Sitwell

Et in Arcadia, Omnes by Sacheverell Sitwell

A Swiss Rhapsody by Sacheverell Sitwell

Profiteer Williamson Pursues Culture by John J. Adams

Café Confidences by John J. Adams

Immanence by Sherard Vines

The King’s Daughter by Sherard Vines

Love Lyric by Sherard Vines

The Dahlia by Sherard Vines

The Soul’s Defence by Sherard Vines

The Toilette of Myrrhine by Edith Sitwell

Eight More Bucolic Poems by Edith Sitwell

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