Francois Gerard, Daphnis and Chloe, c. 1824 In the dark pine-wood I would we lay, In deep cool shadow At noon of day. How sweet to lie there, Sweet to kiss, Where the great pine-forest Enaisled is! Nella buia pineta vorrei con te giacere, nella frescura dell’ombra densa a mezzogiorno. Là come è dolce distendersi, …
James Joyce – Nella buia pineta / In the dark pine-wood Read More »
Antonio de Pereda, The Knight’s Dream, c.1650 Sleep now, O sleep now, O you unquiet heart! A voice crying “Sleep now” Is heard in my heart. The voice of the winter Is heard at the door. O sleep, for the winter Is crying “Sleep no more.” My kiss will give peace now And quiet to …
Julius Kronberg, Romeo and Juliet on the balcony, 1886 I gave my first love laughter, I gave my second tears, I gave my third love silence Thru all the years. My first love gave me singing, My second eyes to see, But oh, it was my third love Who gave my soul to me. Ho …
Pierre Auguste Cot, Springtime, 1873 Strephon kissed me in the spring, Robin in the fall, But Colin only looked at me And never kissed at all. Strephon’s kiss was lost in jest, Robin’s lost in play, But the kiss in Colin’s eyes Haunts me night and day. Strephon mi ha baciata a primavera, Robin in autunno, ma Colin mi ha guardata soltanto …
René Magritte, The Lovers, 1928 I could not run or playin boyhood.In manhood I could only sip the cup,not drink –for scarlet – fever left my heart diseased.Yet I lie heresoothed by a secret none but Mary knows:there is a garden of acacia,catalpa threes, and arbors sweet with vinesthere on that afternoon in Juneby Mary’s …
Louis-Jean Lagrenée, Psyche surprises the sleeping Cupid, 1769 Speech after long silence; it is right,all other lovers being estranged or dead,unfriendly lamplight hid under its shade,the curtains drawn upon unfriendly night,that we descant and yet again descantupon the supreme theme of Art and Song:bodily decrepitude is wisdom; youngwe loved each other and were ignorant. Parole …
William Butler Yeats – Dopo un lungo silenzio / After long silence Read More »
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