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Welcome to the Tenth Edition
of Poetry and Paintings
of Poetry and Paintings
Yes, Spring is finally here...perhaps a little late this year...But I'm already affected by the pollen...so I know it is truly happening!
Good friend, Lila Wolff, sent me one of her favorite poems, by William Wordsworth, (1770 – 1850) an English poet who was instrumental in launching the Romantic Age in English literature.
Daffodils
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed--and gazed--but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed--and gazed--but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
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In the following section, I hope that you will add personal comments and links to your own images related to this posting. I would like to make this creatively interactive!
Hi Karen,
ReplyDeleteI really love the painting and congratulations on not only your blog but all the progress you have made on your art over the years. I remember a discussion you and I had so many years ago after dinner at your house. Most non artists have no idea how hard it is to not only find a voice in/through their work but to keep doing the work as the rest of your life always seems to get in the way.
Mark
So nice to hear from you Mark. Thanks for you kind words. And you know I savor your visual creations!
ReplyDeleteKaren