Giorgio Belloni (1861-1944), Full Moon on the Sea With sails all black my ship sails on far over the raging sea; thou know’st full well how sad am I, and yet tormentest me. Thy heart is faithless as the wind, and flutters ceaselessly; with sails all black my ship sails on far over the raging …
Heinrich Heine – Passa la nave mia / With black sails Read More »
Andrea Mantegna, ,The Triumphs of Caesar, c. 1492 Giove ha Cesare in cura. Ei dal delitto Svolge il diritto, e dal misfatto il fato. Se un erario al bisogno è scassinato O un cittadino per error trafitto, Tutto si sanerà con un editto. A sua gloria e per forza ei ci ha salvato. Chi ebbe …
Jean-Francois Millet, Autumn landscape with a flock of turkeys, 1873 Grey mists climb the shaggy hills, Fall in rain upon their crest, ‘Neath the wind from the North- West Bellows and whitens the sea. But from wine that seethes in vats, Through the town in ev’ry street Floating odours pungent sweet Fill all men’s hearts …
Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, Ring around the rosey, 1906 The pomegranate green in the garden, towards which thy baby hands thou didst reach out, still stands, the tree of the scarlet flower. The orchard now lonely and silent renews its green with spring; and June once more will bring back light and warmth as her …
Elihu Vedder, Peasant girl spinning, 1867 Sweet country side whose impress I retain in my wild ways and my disdainful song, my breast where love and hate ne’er slumber long, how leaps my heart beholding thee again: I see familiar forms of hill and plain with eyes uncertain, as I trace the throng of magic …
Giosuè Carducci – Traversando la Maremma toscana / Crossing the Tuscan Maremma Read More »
Cesare Marchesini, Girasoli alla gabella, c. 2007 O thou who ‘neath the flower-clad Tuscan hill Dost slumber, by whose side our father lies, Hast thou not heard e’en now a soft voice thrill The grass upon thy grave with plaintive cries ? It is my little son who at thy chill Door knocks ; he …
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