Ivan Aivazovsky, The black sea at night, 1879 Lie still, sleep becalmed, sufferer with the wound In the throat, burning and turning. All night afloat On the silent sea we have heard the sound That came from the wound wrapped in the salt sheet. Under the mile off moon we trembled listening To the sea …
Dylan Thomas – Resta immobile, dormi nella bonaccia / Lie still, sleep becalmed Read More »
Giovanni di Paolo, St. Clare rescuing the shipwrecked, 1450 ca There should be no despair for you While nightly stars are burning; While evening pours its silent dew, And sunshine gilds the morning. There should be no despair–though tears May flow down like a river: Are not the best beloved of years Around your heart …
Ivan Aivazovsky, Among the waves, 1898 Here lies one whose name was writ in water. (John Keats’ Epitaph) Qui giace uno il cui nome fu scritto sull’acqua. (Epitaffio di John Keats) Go back to album – J. Keats
Ford Madox Brown, The last of England, 1855 The Frost of Death was on the Pane – “Secure your Flower” said he. Like Sailors fighting with a Leak We fought Mortality. Our passive Flower we held to Sea – To Mountain – To the Sun – Yet even on his Scarlet shelf To crawl the …
Emily Dickinson – Il gelo della morte era sul vetro / The Frost of Death was on the Pane Read More »
Jean-Honore Fragonard, Aurora Triumphing over Night, 1755 Not knowing when the Dawn will come, I open every door, or has it feathers, like a bird, or billows, like a shore – Non sapendo quando l’alba possa venire, apro ogni porta, che abbia piume, come un uccello, o onde, come il mare. Go back to album …
Claus Bergen, The Commander, 1918 O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,the ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won,the port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,while follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;but O heart! heart! heart!O the bleeding drops of red,where …
Walt Whitman – O Capitano! Mio Capitano! / O Captain! My Captain Read More »
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