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  1. 65307534 - ChrisMM76
  2. 65320218 - BronteAlcott
  3. 65355091 - pookieweed
  4. 65363993 - judilyn540
  5. WINNER - 65365076 - southsidesunny

65307534 - ChrisMM76

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WIMbledon 1967 11 MANSEL ROAD,
WIMBLEDON, S.W.19.

My dearest Sylvia
Roses and Death:
That is the theme for this letter. I was
struck when noting down rose image
for you how often the precious frag-
ments I loose and isolated by quot-
ation, sensual and pleasurable in
themselves, were belied by the context.
I t seemed that few poets could cele-
brate the rose and what it symbol-
ises without giving their lyric a
sense of duration, placing it in
time, recording their roses decay, destruc-
tion, as, at least, contenting them-
selves with a warning. This it was

65320218 - BronteAlcott

Wimbledon 1967 11 MANSEL ROAD
WIMBLEDON, S.W.19.

My dearest Sylvia

Roses and Death:

That is the theme for this letter. I was struck when noting down rose images for you how often the precious fragments I choose and isolated by quotation, sensual and pleasurable in themselves, were belied by the context. It seemed that few poets could celebrate the rose and what it symbolises without giving their lyric a sense of duration, placing it in time, recording their roses' decay, destruction, or, at best, contenting themselves with a warning. Thus it was

65355091 - pookieweed

My dearest Sylvia

Roses and Death.
That is the theme for this letter. I was struck when noting down rose images for you how often the precious fragments I choose and isolated by quotation, sensual and pleasurable in themselves, were belied by the context. It seemed that few poets could eleanatet the rose and what it symbolises without giving their lyric a sense of duration, placing it in time, recording their roses decay, destruction, as, at best, contenting themselves with a warning. Thus it was

65363993 - judilyn540

Wimbledon 1967

II Mansel Road, Wimbledon, S.W.19.

My dearest Sylvia,

Roses and Death: That is the theme for this letter. I was struck when noting down rose images for you, how often the precious fragments I chose and isolated by quotation, sensual and pleasurable in themselves, were belied by the context. It seemed that few poets could celebrate the rose and what it symbolizes without giving their lyric a sense of duration, placing it in time, recording their roses' decay, destruction, as, at best contenting themselves with a warning. Thus it was

WINNER - 65365076 - southsidesunny


[10-6-48]

WIMbledon 1967 11 MANSEL ROAD'
WIMBLEDON, S.W.19.

My dearest Sylvia
Roses and Death:
That is the theme for this letter. I was
struck when noting down rose image
for you how often the precious frag-
ments I loose and isolated by quot-
ation, sensual and pleasurable in
themselves, were belied by the context.
It seemed that few poets could cele-
brate the rose and what it symbol-
ises without giving their lyric a
sense of duration, placing it in
time, recording their rose's decay, destruc-
tion, as, at best, contenting them-
selves with a warning. Thus it was

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