“…the composition’s date of 1909 and its similarity to a number of Waterhouse’s compositions in following years marks it as the first in a series inspired by the story of Persephone—in which the innocent girl, picking flowers on the plain of Enna, is abducted by Pluto; in anguish, her mother, the harvest goddess Demeter, curses the world with a prolonged winter broken only by her daughter’s return to earth each Spring.”
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“The title of… (the) present composition comes from the well-known poem by Robert Herrick (1591-1674), “To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time” which warns one must “Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,/ Old time is still a-flying,/ And the same flower that smiles to-day,/ To-morrow will be dying” (as quoted in Trippi, p. 197). This warning is easily linked to the Persephone myth.
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What fantasies people used to come up with—and still do!—to explain the world around them.
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Wonderful!
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This is one of my favorites by Waterhouse. It’s fun to see it here.
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Beautiful song and I’ve always loved Waterhouse’s paintings.
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This recording is lovely. Thank you for sharing (and pairing it with Gather ye Rosebuds while ye may).
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I did not know that the poem had inspired a painting! A beautiful one, too…
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Beautiful painting, beautiful song. ♥️
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I am happy you enjoy these, bluebird. Thanks for visiting and sharing your thoughts. 🙂🌻
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