photo taken at Merry Mount 8/4/22
Ah Sun-flower! weary of time,
Who countest the steps of the Sun:
Seeking after that sweet golden clime
Where the travellers journey is done.
Where the Youth pined away with desire,
And the pale Virgin shrouded in snow:
Arise from their graves and aspire,
Where my Sun-flower wishes to go.
-William Blake (1757-1827)
Ah Sunflower! unaware of time,
Who reaches toward the Sun.
Achieving the sweet golden climb,
She sluggishly sways in the breeze undone.
Sought by artists and poets alike,
Seeking to capture your Beauty,
Stand with pride and joyful delight,
It is your Sunflower duty.
-CPW
Vincent Van Gogh was not alone in his focus on sunflowers. William Blake in the late 1700s, Claude Monet in 1881 and Allen Ginsburg in 1955 are some of the other well-known artists and poets who evoked the sunflower image.
https://www.vincentvangogh.org/sunflowers.jsp
CPW
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