"Let me see thee, but a glimpse—and straightaway
Utterance of word
Fails me; no voice comes; my tongue is palsied;
Thrilling fire through all my flesh hath run"

From "The Songs of Sappho," translation by Walter Headlam. (Peter Pauper Press, 1942)

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Attn. #PeterPauperPress #collectors! This undated #WilliamBlake #poetry #book in a #slipcase was given as a #gift in 1965 (the #inscription is lovely). $25. #Booksky #prettybooks #poems #BritLit

Photo showing an excerpt from a poem called "I Have Seen a Road," by an anonymous author, from the the book "Chinese Love Poems." (Peter Pauper Press, Mount Vernon, 1942.) The excerpt reads: "When she was born, they bound her little feet with leather bands; my beloved never walks the road of shade and flowers. When she was born, they bound her little heart with leather bands; my beloved never listens to my song."

"I Have Seen a Road," from "Chinese Love Poems," Peter Pauper Press, Mount Vernon, 1942. The author is anonymous, and the translation is by Peter Rudolph.

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Black and white photo showing a wood engraving by Jeff Hill, from the book "India Love Poems" by Tambimuttu. Peter Pauper Press, New York, 1954.

"India Love Poems" by Tambimuttu, featuring wood engravings by Jeff Hill. Peter Pauper Press, Mount Vernon, New York, 1954.

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"My beloved knows that I watch thee, O moon, and when thy beams caress her, our separation is less cruel."

- Chiang Che-kin, from "Chinese Love Poems," Peter Pauper Press, Mount Vernon, 1942

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A photo of a passage from the book "Epigrams" by Oscar Wilde. The line reads "The reason we are so pleased to find out other people's secrets is that is distracts public attention from our own."

From "Epigrams" by Oscar Wilde. Peter Pauper Press, Mount Vernon, New York, undated. The line is paraphrased from Wilde's play "An Ideal Husband."

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🏆 Congratulations to Michaël Escoffier and Ella Charbon for "Below the Ice" — the 2025 Margaret Wise Brown Gold Medal winner! Wonderful illustrations and clever peek-through pages. #MargaretWiseBrown #BankStreetCBC #boardbooks #michaelescoffier #ellacharbon #peterpauperpress @bankstreet.edu

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