“Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?”-Alfred, Lord Tennyson (died 6 October 1892)
Circa 1932: Carole Lombard (born 6 October 1908)
[Alternative Muses] Going and Coming: Alfred, Lord Tennyson/Carole Lombard Mashup
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Tag Archives: Poets
Voices from the Grave: Anne Sexton Reading ‘Wanting to Die’
Poet Anne Sexton died 40 years ago today. In remembrance, here’s a clip of her reading Wanting to Die.
Shopping for the Bookworm: D is for Dickinson, Emily
D is for Dickinson, Emily:
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Edith Sitwell Quote
Voices from the Grave #78: Edith Sitwell Interview
The fascinating Edith Sitwell on Face to Face, 1959:
Hey, Edith, It’s Your Birthday!
7 September 1887:
Edith Sitwell
Happy Birthday, Mr. Shelley!
Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet and beloved of Mary, was born on 4 August 1792:
Portrait of Percy Bysshe Shelley by Amelia Curran, 1819
“Our sweetest songs are those of saddest thought.”-Percy Bysshe Shelley
Writers in Art: The Cremation of Percy Bysshe Shelley by Louis Édouard Fournier
The Cremation of Percy Bysshe Shelley by Louis Édouard Fournier:
The Cremation of Percy Bysshe Shelley by Louis Édouard Fournier
[Alternative Muses] Two Exits and an Entrance: Burns, Terry, and Hemingway
“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.”-Ernest Hemingway
“Eulogy is nice but one does not learn anything from it.”-Ellen Terry
“Let them cant about decorum, who have characters to lose!”-Robert Burns
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Petrarch Quote
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