Sleeping

William Butler Yeats – Dopo un lungo silenzio / After long silence

By booksofart / William Butler Yeats / Dream, kiss, Sleeping

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 …

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William Butler Yeats – Gli uomini migliorano con gli anni / Men Improve with the Years

By booksofart / William Butler Yeats / beauty, Dream, Sleeping

Frederic Leighton, The golden hours, 1864 I am worn out with dreams;a weather-worn, marble tritonamong the streams;and all day long I lookupon this lady’s beautyas though I had found in a booka pictured beauty,pleased to have filled the eyesor the discerning ears,delighted to be but wise,for men improve with the years;and yet, and yet,is this …

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Dylan Thomas – Resta immobile, dormi nella bonaccia / Lie still, sleep becalmed

By booksofart / Dylan Thomas / boat, Night, sea, Sleeping

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 …

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Emily Dickinson – Fra le mie dita tenevo un gioiello / I Held A Jewel In My Fingers

By booksofart / Emily Dickinson / boat, Sleeping, vanity

James Tissot, Young Lady in a Boat, 1870 I held a Jewel in my fingers – and went to sleep – the day was warm, and winds were prosy – I said “Twill keep” – I woke – and chid my honest fingers, the Gem was gone – and now, an Amethyst remembrance Is all …

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William Shakespeare – Measure for measure

By booksofart / W. Shakespeare / Dream, life, Sleeping

Balthus, The room, 1954 Thou hast nor youth nor age,but as it were an after-dinner sleepdreaming of both. Non sei né giovane né vecchio,ma é come se dormissi dopo pranzo,sognando di entrambe queste età. Go back to album – W. Shakespeare

William Shakespeare – Sonnet 27

By booksofart / W. Shakespeare / Cupid&Psyche, Dream, Love poems, Night, Sleeping

Maurice Denis, Psyche discovers that her mysterious lover is Eros, 1908 Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed, The dear repose for limbs with travel tired; But then begins a journey in my head To work my mind, when body’s work’s expired: For then my thoughts–from far where I abide– Intend a zealous …

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William Butler Yeats – Dopo un lungo silenzio / After long silence

William Butler Yeats – Gli uomini migliorano con gli anni / Men Improve with the Years

Dylan Thomas – Resta immobile, dormi nella bonaccia / Lie still, sleep becalmed

Emily Dickinson – Fra le mie dita tenevo un gioiello / I Held A Jewel In My Fingers

William Shakespeare – Measure for measure

William Shakespeare – Sonnet 27

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