Vittorio Matteo Corcos, In the garden, 1892 Of all the downfalls in the world, the flutter of an Autumn leaf grows grievous by suggesting grief: who thought, when Spring was first unfurled, of this? The wide world lay empearled; who thought of frost that nips the world? Sigh on, my ditty. There lurk a hundred …
Christina Rossetti – Vanità delle vanità / Vanity of Vanities Read More »
Oskar Kokoschka, Sleeping girl, 1907 The hope I dreamed of was a dream,was but a dream; and now I wake,exceeding comfortless, and worn, and old,for a dream’s sake.I hang my harp upon a tree,a weeping willow in a lake;I hang my silent harp there, wrung and snappedfor a dream’s sake.Lie still, lie still, my breaking …
Vincent Van Gogh, Girl in white in the woods, 1882 Somewhere or other there must surely be The face not seen, the voice not heard, The heart that not yet—never yet—ah me! Made answer to my word. Somewhere or other, may be near or far; Past land and sea, clean out of sight; Beyond the wandering moon, beyond the star That tracks …
Noé Bordignon, Matelda, c. 1900 I cannot tell you how it was,but this I know: it came to passupon a bright and sunny daywhen May was young; ah, pleasant May!As yet the poppies were not bornbetween the blades of tender corn;the last egg had not hatched as yet,nor any bird foregone its mate.I cannot tell …
Louis Janmot, Flower of the fields, 1845 I looked for that which is not, nor can be,And hope deferred made my heart sick in truthBut years must pass before a hope of youthIs resigned utterly.I watched and waited with a steadfast will:And though the object seemed to flee awayThat I so longed for, ever day …
Edward Frederick Brewtnall, Sleeping Beauty, 1880 ca When I am dead, my dearest, Sing no sad songs for me; Plant thou no roses at my head, Nor shady cypress tree: Be the green grass above me With showers and dewdrops wet; And if thou wilt, remember, And if thou wilt, forget. I shall not see the shadows, I shall not feel the rain; I shall …
Christina Rossetti – Quando io sono morta, mio carissimo / When I am dead, my dearest Read More »
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