by the sea
why does the sea moan evermore?
shut out from heaven it makes its moan,
it frets against the boundary shore;
all earth's full rivers cannot fill
the sea, that drinking thirsteth still.
sheer miracles of lovelinness
lie hid on its unlooked-on bed;
anemones, salt, passionless,
blow flower-like -- just enough alive
to blow and multiply and thrive.
shells quaint with curve or spot or spike
encrusted live things argus-eyed,
all fair alike yet all unlike,
are born without a pang, and die
without a pang, and so pass by.
christina rosetti (1830 - 1894)
When we visited the Leighton House in London, we found out that Mr. Leighton was good friends with the artist Rossetti, who is the sister of Christina. I had not known that!
ReplyDeleteYes! They were all part of the Pre-Raphaelite Movement. I've read that Lewis Carroll, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was also a friend of the family, and took several photographs of them. It's wonderful that you were able to visit the Leighton House.
DeleteI am pretty sure some of those photographs were at the William Morris Gallery, which we also visited. It is kind of interesting to see how all these people were connected.
DeleteYes!! How exciting to see the William Morris Gallery. If I ever go to London, that is a must see for me!
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