Draft of "In the Gold Room - a Harmony" by Oscar Wilde, 1881. 'Her ivory hands on the ivory keys shared in a fitful fantasy Like the silver gleam when the poplar trees Rustle their pale leaves listlessly Or the drifting foam of a restless sea When the waves show their teeth in the flying breeze. Her gold hair fell on the wall of gold Like the delicate gossamer tangles spun On the burnished disk of the marigold, Or the sun-flower turning to meet the sun When the gloom of the jealous night is done, And the spear of the lily is aureoled. And her sweet red lips on these lips of mine Burned like the ruby fire set In the swinging lamp of a crimson shrine, Or the bleeding wounds of the pomegranate, Or the heart of the lotus drenched and wet With the spilt-out blood of the rose-red wine'.
Légende

Draft of "In the Gold Room - a Harmony" by Oscar Wilde, 1881. 'Her ivory hands on the ivory keys shared in a fitful fantasy Like the silver gleam when the poplar trees Rustle their pale leaves listlessly Or the drifting foam of a restless sea When the waves show their teeth in the flying breeze. Her gold hair fell on the wall of gold Like the delicate gossamer tangles spun On the burnished disk of the marigold, Or the sun-flower turning to meet the sun When the gloom of the jealous night is done, And the spear of the lily is aureoled. And her sweet red lips on these lips of mine Burned like the ruby fire set In the swinging lamp of a crimson shrine, Or the bleeding wounds of the pomegranate, Or the heart of the lotus drenched and wet With the spilt-out blood of the rose-red wine'.

Date

1881

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A16_040

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (1,8Mo) / 31,5cm x 39,7cm / 3724 x 4690 (300dpi)

Mots clés

England library love arts country British English word text location century Britain handwriting literature concept yearning B&W British Library lettering longing corrections 19th century correction poem poetry black & white black and white B W nineteenth century English literature Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde Wilde Oscar Heritage Art 19th-century Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Flaherty Wills Oscar Fingal O'Flaherty Wills Wilde

Connectez-vous pour télécharger cette image en HD