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Afar away the light that brings cold cheerUnto this wall, - one instant and no more
Admitted at my distant palace-door
Afar the flowers of Enna from this drear
Dire fruit, which, tasted once, must thrall me here.
Afar those skies from this Tartarean grey
That chills me: and afar how far away,
The nights that shall become the days that were.
Afar from mine own self I seem, and wing
Strange ways in thought, and listen for a sign:
And still some heart unto some soul doth pine,
(Whose sounds mine inner sense in fain to bring,
Continually together murmuring) —
'Woe me for thee, unhappy Proserpine'.
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti
6" x 8" pencil drawing from the painting by Rossetti.
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Éloignée la lumière qui projette de froides clameurs
Sur ce mur : un instant mais pas plus,
Elle mena au portail de mon distant palais.
Éloignées les fleurs de l'Enna, de ce fruit
Néfaste et lugubre qui, une fois goûté, m'asservit ici.
Éloignés ces cieux, de ce gris de Tartarie
Qui me glace, et éloignées tellement éloignées
Les nuits qui seront des jours qui furent.
J'ai l'impression d'être éloigné de mon propre moi, je survole
D'étranges chemins en pensée, et j'attends un signe.
Et toujours un cœur languit dans une âme
(Dont les résonances contraignent mon for intérieur
A perpétuellement les recueillir), murmurant :
C'est pour toi que le malheur est sur moi, malheureuse Proserpine!
Proserpine ou Jane, la "maumariée" ?
Belle évocation par le dessin de ce magnifique portrait d'un Rossetti amoureux.
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WOW the eyes! Love this and I've always loved her face!
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Thanks! I love the look on Rossetti's portraits, always very intense.
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Yes they have a real romantic and mysterious feel to them
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Thank you. I love the stylistic curves of the lips and eyes in all of Rossetti's portraits.
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Yes, he is great. And I like your beautiful picture of Jane Morris very much!
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This is beautifully done, Rossetti's my favourite artist, and this captures his style perfectly
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You've given her such life in her eyes. Rather more expressive than I think Rossetti did. Wonderful job!
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Thank you very much! I figured she could use a little sparkle in her eyes.
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