In a long poem titled for this city the line "There is no lily of the valley" is oriented vertically down the centre of the page. That poem prefaces with "H u s s s h" a pianississimo piece of music with the lyric "diminuendo". That poem is by Hope Mirrlees. After falling in love with a woman who introduces herself in the lobby of a circus by saying "I don't want to be here", a woman who runs a "pauper" salon for poets moves to this European city
In a long poem titled for this city the line "There is no lily of the valley" is oriented vertically down the centre of the page. That poem prefaces with "H u s s s h" a pianississimo piece of music with the lyric "diminuendo". That poem is by Hope Mirrlees. After falling in love with a woman who introduces herself in the lobby of a circus by saying "I don't want to be here", a woman who runs a "pauper" salon for poets moves to this European city. This city is where the relationship of (*) Robin Vote and Nora Flood falls apart in Nightwood by Djuna Barnes. A novel set in this continental city ends with the thought "it is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done." That thought belongs to the man who takes Charles Darnay's place at the guillotine, Sidney Carton. For 10 points name this French city, the partial setting Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities.
In a long poem titled for this city the line "There is no lily of the valley" is oriented vertically down the centre of the page.
Paris