Jean-Francois Raffaelli, Rue de Montmartre, 1879 The noise of cabarets, the sidewalk’s mire sycamores shedding leaves in the black air; the omnibus, ill-hung on four wheels, rattles and creaks, a storm of mud and old scrap-metal, rolling its red and green eyes as it goes; workmen, bound for a meeting, under the nose of the …
Paul Verlaine – Il chiasso dei cabaret / The noise of cabarets Read More »
Johan Christian Claussen Dahl, Morning after a Stormy Night, 1819 Nature, nothing in you stirs me, not the fields That nurture, nor the ruby-red echo of Sicilian Pastoral; nor the pomp and ceremony of dawn, Nor the mournful solemnity that sunset yields. I mock at Art, Mankind too, at music’s cry, Verse, Greek temples, the …
Follower of Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin and Child, 1505 The sweet morning sun warms and gilds the rye and the wheat still wet, and the blue keeps its nightly cool. We go out without a purpose; we follow, along the river among vague yellow grasses, a grassy path flanked by old alders. The air …
Paul Verlaine – Il sole mattutino / The sweet morning sun Read More »
Rene Magritte, The poet recompensed, 1956 Poetry is a thrill, all the rest – is literature. La poesia è un brivido, tutto il resto è letteratura. Go back to album – P. Verlaine
Albert Lynch (1851-1912), The Jolly Boat My poor heart dribbles at the stern My heart covered with caporal They squirt upon it jets of soup My poor heart dribbles at the stern Under the gibes of the whole crew Which burst out in a single laugh, My poor heart dribbles at the stern My heart …
Paul Verlaine – Il cuore defraudato / The cheated Heart Read More »
Charles Francois Daubigny, Moonrise, 1861 Give me your hand, still your breath, let’s rest Under this great tree where the breeze dies Beneath grey branches, in broken sighs, The soft, tender rays of the moon caress. Motionless, and lowering our eyes, Not thinking, dreaming. Let love that tires Have its moment, and happiness that expires, …
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