Chronology Entry
Year
1963
Text
Moore, Marianne. Of beasts and jewels. In : Harper's bazaar ; no 87 (Dec. 1963).
Those of us who do not spend time in bogs, near ponds, or by streams, where water plants abound and gnats, newts and spiders hatch out, may be obliged to console ourselves with frogs and toads in replica - Verdura's frog of blistered gold, with emerald and diamond blazoned back and eyes of ruby ; or an amethyst quartz Chinese 'sage and toad', or imperial embroidered bat ; and may have to forgo the excitement of seeing an owl's amber and onys eyes change with the changing light in dusky woodland ravines…
Those of us who do not spend time in bogs, near ponds, or by streams, where water plants abound and gnats, newts and spiders hatch out, may be obliged to console ourselves with frogs and toads in replica - Verdura's frog of blistered gold, with emerald and diamond blazoned back and eyes of ruby ; or an amethyst quartz Chinese 'sage and toad', or imperial embroidered bat ; and may have to forgo the excitement of seeing an owl's amber and onys eyes change with the changing light in dusky woodland ravines…
Mentioned People (1)
Moore, Marianne
(Kirkwood, Miss. 1887-1972 New York, N.Y.) : Dichterin, Schriftstellerin
[Permission for quotations by Cynthia Stamy and Qian Zhaoming].
[Permission for quotations by Cynthia Stamy and Qian Zhaoming].
Subjects
Literature : Occident : United States of America
Documents (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
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| 1 | 1986 | Moore, Marianne. The complete prose of Marianne Moore. Ed. and with an introd. by Patricia C. Willis. (New York, N.Y. : Viking, 1986). S. 574. | Publication / Moo7 |
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