This is a picture of the Old Summer Palace outside Beijing. Drawing of east view of Yuanmingyuan. Drawn by Wm. Alexander

WHISTLER

James Abbott McNeill Whistler. At the Piano. 1858-59. Oil on canvas. Taft Museum, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

On This Day

On This Day

Anthony van Dyck

Anthony van Dyck. The Assumption of the Virgin. 1627. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. USA.

Love's Loneliness by William Butler Yeats

Old fathers, great-grandfathers,
Rise as kindred should.
If ever lover's loneliness
Came where you stood,
Pray that Heaven protect us
That protect your blood.

The mountain throws a shadow,
Thin is the moon's horn;
What did we remember
Under the ragged thorn?
Dread has followed longing,
And our hearts are torn.

He Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven by William Butler Yeats

Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

My Favorite Poem.

Tommy Dorsey - Song of India