‘The King of China’s Daughter’ by Edith Sitwell (1918/1920)
The King of China’s daughter, She never would love me Though I hung my cap and bells upon Her nutmeg tree. For oranges and lemons, The stars in bright blue air, (I stole them long ago, my dear) Were dangling there. The Moon did give me silver pence, The sun did give me gold, And both together softly blew And…