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He was the first always: Fortune
Shone bright in his face.
I fought for years; with no effort
He conquered the place:
We ran; my feet were all bleeding,
But he won the race.

Spite of his many successes
Men loved him the same;
My one pale ray of good fortune
Met scoffing and blame.
When we erred, they gave him pity,
But me – only shame.

My home was still in the shadow,
His lay in the sun:
I longed in vain: what he asked for
It straightway was done.
Once I staked all my heart’s treasure,
We played–and he won.

Yes; and just now I have seen him,
Cold, smiling, and blest,
Laid in his coffin. God help me!
While he is at rest,
I am cursed still to live:– even
Death loved him the best.
- envy
-Adelaide Anne Procter

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Tell me not here, it needs not saying,
  What tune the enchantress plays
In aftermaths of soft September
  Or under blanching mays,
For she and I were long acquainted
  And I knew all her ways.

On russet floors, by waters idle,
  The pine lets fall its cone;
The cuckoo shouts all day at nothing
  In leafy dells alone;
And traveller's joy beguiles in autumn
  Hearts that have lost their own.

On acres of the seeded grasses
  The changing burnish heaves;
Or marshalled under moons of harvest
  Stand still all night the sheaves;
Or beeches strip in storms for winter
  And stain the wind with leaves.

Possess, as I possessed a season,
  The countries I resign,
Where over elmy plains the highway
  Would mount the hills and shine,
And full of shade the pillared forest
  Would murmur and be mine.

For nature, heartless, witless nature,
  Will neither care nor know
What stranger's feet may find the meadow
  And trespass there and go,
Nor ask amid the dews of morning
  If they are mine or no

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Melissa Lee

"I opened my veins. Unstoppably life spurts out with no remedy. Now I set out bowls and plates. Every bowl will be shallow. Every plate will be small. And overflowing to their rims, into the black earth, to nourish the rushes unstoppably and without cure, gushes poetry." – Marina Tsvetaeva

"Rage is underrated" – Melissa Lee-Houghton

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One of the very few Italian tapestries to survive from before the 1540s, "The Annunciation" depicts the archangel Gabriel announcing to the Virgin Mary that she will bear the Son of God. This is one of the most sacred events in the Christian faith, as it is the very beginning of Christ's life and the Incarnation of the Word. The scene is charged with symbolism: the moment of conception is represented by the dove-standing for the Holy Spirit-in the sky between Gabriel and Mary; the archangel holds a lily, a symbol of purity; and in the near foreground are a guinea fowl and a peacock, both of which signify immortality, and two doves that represent the souls of the blessed. The coats of arms at the top belong to Francesco II Gonzaga (1466-1519), Marquis of Mantua, and were added at an unknown date after the initial weaving had taken place. Such personalization of tapestry acquisitions was typical among noble families.

Details

Title: The Annunciation

Creator: After a design by an artist in the circle of Andrea Mantegna (about 1430-1506)

Date: 1484/1519

Physical Dimensions: 179.4 × 113.7 cm (70 5/8 × 44 3/4 in.)

External Link: The Art Institute of Chicago

Media: Wool, silk, and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, slit, dovetailed and interlocking tapestry weave

Culture/Place: Italy, presumably Mantua

Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson, 1937.1099

Artist: After a design by an artist in the circle of Andrea Mantegna (about 1430-1506)

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