‘Nebuchadnezzar’

Radiator Building -- Night, New York, Georgia O'Keeffe, 1927

Charlotte Rampling by Helmut Newton

Eldorado

Gaily bedight,

A gallant knight,

In sunshine and in shadow,

Had journeyed long,

Singing a song,

In search of Eldorado.

But he grew old—

This knight so bold—

And o'er his heart a shadow

Fell as he found

No spot of ground

That looked like Eldorado.

And, as his strength

Failed him at length,

He met a pilgrim shadow—

"Shadow," said he,

"Where can it be—

This land of Eldorado?"

"Over the Mountains

Of the Moon,

Down the Valley of the Shadow,

Ride, boldly ride,"

The shade replied—

"If you seek for Eldorado!"

Edward Allen Poe

Illustration from The Ship of Ishtar by Virgil Finlay (1949)

Cain Fleeing from the Wrath of God (The Body of Abel Found by Adam and Eve), William Blake, c. 1805-1809, Harvard Art Museums: Drawings

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop Size: 30.3 x 32.6 cm (11 15/16 x 12 13/16 in.) frame: 63.4 x 62 cm (24 15/16 x 24 7/16 in.) Medium: Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on cream wove paper

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/297850

The Moon through a Crumbling Window (Bodhidharma), woodblock print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon, 1887

Here’s a gal who really knows how to display her Christmas ornaments! It’s the lovely Miss Lady Allure! (Photo by Sharna Lee Photography!) You can see more in our Xmas Nightcap, which came out a couple of years ago.

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“Seasons, four elements and human characters”, Isidore of Seville De natura rerum, undated ca. Middle Ages via Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain

Edgar Hewett, front, side and rear view of monument in Quirigua, Guatemala 1909

Eldorado

Gaily bedight,

A gallant knight,

In sunshine and in shadow,

Had journeyed long,

Singing a song,

In search of Eldorado.

But he grew old—

This knight so bold—

And o'er his heart a shadow

Fell as he found

No spot of ground

That looked like Eldorado.

And, as his strength

Failed him at length,

He met a pilgrim shadow—

"Shadow," said he,

"Where can it be—

This land of Eldorado?"

"Over the Mountains

Of the Moon,

Down the Valley of the Shadow,

Ride, boldly ride,"

The shade replied—

"If you seek for Eldorado!"

Edward Allen Poe