Tag Archives: William Blake

a divine image 0

Cruelty has a human heart,
And Jealousy a human face;
Terror the human form divine,
And secrecy the human dress.

The human dress is forged iron,
The human form a fiery forge,
The human face a furnace seal’d,
The human heart its hungry gorge.

Paintings: © Alexandra Eldridge, 2009, Courtesy of the artist. Alexandra Eldridge is an artist with an inborn appetite for [...]

alexandra eldridge interview 4

One could envy the life of a soul born to art. Reared and raised by and through it. Once married to and sired children from it. Traversed the globe on it’s wings and connected to legion kindred souls via it. But then you meet Alexandra Eldridge and the woman’s grace, beauty and modesty quite simply [...]

silently, invisibly 0

Never seek to tell thy love,
Love that never told can be;
For the gentle wind doth move
Silently, invisibly.
I told my love, I told my love,
I told her all my heart,
Trembling, cold, in ghastly fears.
Ah! she did depart!
Soon after she was gone from me,
A traveller came by,
Silently, invisibly:
He took her with a sigh.

Images: © Fran Dileo
Poem: Love’s [...]

three things to remember 0

A Robin Redbreast in a cage
Puts all Heaven in a rage.
A skylark wounded on the wing
Doth make a cherub cease to sing.
He who shall hurt the little wren
Shall never be beloved by men.

Images: © Håvard Flaatten, courtesy of the artist
Poem: Three Things to Remember by William Blake (1757 – 1827)

love’s secret 0

Never seek to tell thy love,
Love that never told can be;
For the gentle wind doth move
Silently, invisibly.
I told my love, I told my love,
I told her all my heart,
Trembling, cold, in ghastly fears,
Ah! she did depart!
Soon after she was gone from me
A traveller came by,
Silently, invisibly,
He took her with a sigh.

Image: © Dario Salamone
Music: Erik [...]