Birth of Venus illegitima

Louis Welden Hawkins: Clytie

"The ever smitten Hermes empty left his golden throne,

bent on amorous theft."

"He found a palpitating snake"

"She seemed at once, some penanced lady elf,

Some demon's mistress, or the demon's self."

"It was no dream: or say it a dream was,

real are the dreams of Gods"

"Into the recessed woods they flew:

nor grew they pale, as mortal lovers do"

"The serpent began to change: her elfin blood to madness ran"

"Tis Apollonius sage: but too he seems the ghost of folly haunting my sweet dreams"

"Of wealthy lustre was the banquet room, filled with brilliance and perfume"

" "Fool! Fool!!" repeated he.. shall I see three made a serpent's pray?"

"Then with a frightful scream she vanished"

(Extracts from Lamia, by John Keats)

(Therion: Birth of Venus illegitima)

Delirium

 William Etty - Hero, Having Thrown herself from the Tower at the Sight of Leander Drowned, Dies on his Body 1829

Is anybody there?!

Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Beata Beatrix

Walking through the darkness

A lonely man searchin' for a soul

Look everywhere, no one around

Something in the distance

A memory reminds me of a time

Look everywhere, no one around

And I'm lookin', reaching out again

Trying to find someone alive

Do you hear me?

Is anybody there

Standing in the darkness

A trouble mind talking to myself

So long alone, is it a dream

Sidewalks cold and lonely

The shadows of the night begin to fade

Open my eyes, nobody's there

Still I'm looking, reaching out again

Trying to find someone alive

Do you hear me? 

By the sword and the cross

George Frederic Watts - Sir Galahad

A maiden knight — to me is given

Such hope, I know not fear;

I yearn to breathe the airs of heaven

That often meet me here.

I muse on joy that will not cease,

Pure spaces clothed in living beams,

Pure lilies of eternal peace,

Whose odours haunt my dreams;

And, stricken by an angel's hand,

This mortal armour that I wear,

This weight and size, this heart and eyes,

Are touch’d, are turn’d to finest air.
(from Tennyson's "Sir Galahad")

The Artist and the Devil

(Niccolo Paganini - Violin Concerto no 1 . Allegro maestroso)

(R.I.P. 27 May 1840)

Losing you

John William Waterhouse: A Female Study

Sentimental fool

Dante's dance

Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Beatrice, Meeting Dante at a Wedding Feast, Denies him her Salutation

Love po(si)tions

Hard labour in Mango's bar, South Beach, Ocean Dr.

(Tygers of Pan Tag - Love Potion no 9)

Far beyond the sun...

Michelangelo: Dying Slave

... to where the sun sets...

(Yngwie Malmsteen - Far beyond the sun)