REDHEADS IN ART

Phèdre (1880) by Alexandre Cabanel

For more references to Phèdre (Phaedra), one can read HERE where various links are shown.

QUESTIONS

Where has my youth gone ?
Where have my hopes and joys gone ?
Where is my better world ?
I cover my face with both hands
And I wonder:
What became of us ?

REDHEADS IN ART

Théodore Chassériau - The Toilet of Esther

WHERE HAS LOVE GONE ?

Everywhere
Frowning brows
and
Deeply etched lines
Open, demanding hands
Anguished faces
And not a sign
Of hope
Is this the better world
We were supposed to hand over
To our sons and daughters ?

George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron. 1788–1824

600. She walks in Beauty

SHE walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that 's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellow'd to that tender light	5
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impair'd the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o'er her face;	10
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.
And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,	15
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!

REDHEADS IN ART

Martha e Maria Maddalena 1595 - Caravaggio 1595 (Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio)

MEMORIES

Memorie remain
And sometimes
Hurt
But still they keep us
Aware
And
Alive
Throughout sorrows,
Destruction
And
Madness