The Flower Beneath the Foot / Being a record of the early life of St. Laura de Nazianzi and the times in which she lived

by Ronald Firbank

THE FLOWER BENEATH
THE FOOT

Printed in Great Britain by the Riverside Press Limited Edinburgh

THE
FLOWER BENEATH
THE FOOT
BEING A RECORD OF THE EARLY LIFE OF
ST. LAURA DE NAZIANZI AND THE
TIMES IN WHICH SHE LIVED

BY
RONALD FIRBANK
WITH A DECORATION BY C. R. W. NEVINSON
AND PORTRAITS BY AUGUSTUS JOHN
AND WYNDHAM LEWIS
LONDON
GRANT RICHARDS LTD.
1923

To
Madame Mathieu and
Mademoiselle Dora Garnier-Pagès

“Some girls are born organically good: I wasn’t.”
St Laura de Nazianzi.

“It was about my eighteenth year that I conquered my Ego.”
Ibid.