Sophie Anderson, Elaine, 1870 Remember me when I am gone away, gone far away into the silent land; when you can no more hold me by the hand, nor I half turn to go yet turning stay. Remember me when no more day by day you tell me of our future that you plann’d: only …
Jean Beraud, Evening soiree, 1878 Red ribbons!You remind me of music and white clothes –a party, which has long since faded.Red ribbons!My girlfriend wasdown on the balcony railing,she laughed and gave me her hand.And she gave me two ribbonsof red silk.I left, and crossed so many lands.When I returned, she was already dead. (Transl. by D. …
Johann Heinrich Füssli, Amor and Psyche, 1810 Disease and Death make ashesof all the fire that flamed for us.Of those wide eyes, so fervent and tender,of that mouth in which my heart was drowned,of those kisses potent as dittany,of those transports more vivid than sunbeams,what remains? It is frightful, O my soul!Nothing but a faint …
Edvard Munch, Death at the Helm, 1893 O Death, old captain, it is time! let’s weigh anchor!This country wearies us, O Death! Let us set sail!Though the sea and the sky are black as ink,our hearts which you know well are filled with rays of light.Pour out your poison that it may refresh us!This fire …
Otto Dix, Triumph of death, 1934 It seems to me at times my blood flows out in waves like a fountain that gushes in rhythmical sobs. I hear it clearly, escaping with long murmurs, but I feel my body in vain to find the wound.Across the city, as in a tournament field, it courses, making islands of the paving …
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Herbert James Draper, The Lament for Icarus, 1898 Those who love whores are well-endowed, spry, and well-fed, and cheerful-spoken. But, as for me, my arms are broken from trying to embrace a cloud.To what two peerless stars have done that kindle in the farthest skies, I owe it that my burnt-out eyes know only memories of the sun.In vain I’ve tried …
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