Inscription surrounded by floral border, by Clarence Bicknell

An image of Inscription surrounded by floral border: Rose Inscription surrounded by floral border: Rose. Bicknell, Clarence (British, 1842-1918). Recto; watercolour; If Zeus chose us a king of the flowers in his mirth, / He would call to the Rose and would royally crown it, / For the Rose, ho, the Rose! is the grace o' the earth. / Is the light of the plants that are growing upon it./ For the Rose, ho, the Rose! is the eye of the flowers, / Is the blush of the meadows that feel themselves fair,- / Is the lightning of beauty that strikes through the bowers / On pale lovers who sit in the glow unaware. / Ho, the Rose breathes of love! ho, the Rose lifts the cup / To the red lips of Cypris invoked for a guest! / Ho, the Rose, having curled its sweet leaves for the world, /Takes delight in the motion its petals keep up, / As they laugh to the wind as it laughs from the west! / Sappho; / trans. E.B. Browning. Verso; watercolour; For thilke ground, that bereth the wedes wikke, / Bereth eke thise holsom herbes, as ful ofte / Next the foule netle, rough and thikke, / The Rose waxeth swote and smothe and softe; / And next the valey is the hil a-lofte; / And next the derke night the glade morwe; / And also joye is next the fyn of sorwe. / Troilus and Criseyde. i. 136 / Chaucer. / The night with sudden odour reel'd, / The southern stars a music peal'd, / Warm beams across the meadow stole; / For Love flew over grove and field, / Said "Open, Rosebud, open, yield / Thy fragrant soul." / Lord Tennyson. Watercolour over graphite on paper, height, leaf, 326 mm, width, leaf, 255 mm, 1908. Part of: A Posy. Vellum-bound sketchbook containing leaves with an index at the end. Cover with brown leather ornamentation and remains of vellum closure straps.

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Inscription surrounded by floral border: Rose Inscription surrounded by floral border: Rose. Bicknell, Clarence (British, 1842-1918). Recto; watercolour; If Zeus chose us a king of the flowers in his mirth, / He would call to the Rose and would royally crown it, / For the Rose, ho, the Rose! is the grace o' the earth. / Is the light of the plants that are growing upon it./ For the Rose, ho, the Rose! is the eye of the flowers, / Is the blush of the meadows that feel themselves fair,- / Is the lightning of beauty that strikes through the bowers / On pale lovers who sit in the glow unaware. / Ho, the Rose breathes of love! ho, the Rose lifts the cup / To the red lips of Cypris invoked for a guest! / Ho, the Rose, having curled its sweet leaves for the world, /Takes delight in the motion its petals keep up, / As they laugh to the wind as it laughs from the west! / Sappho; / trans. E.B. Browning. Verso; watercolour; For thilke ground, that bereth the wedes wikke, / Bereth eke thise holsom herbes, as ful ofte / Next the foule netle, rough and thikke, / The Rose waxeth swote and smothe and softe; / And next the valey is the hil a-lofte; / And next the derke night the glade morwe; / And also joye is next the fyn of sorwe. / Troilus and Criseyde. i. 136 / Chaucer. / The night with sudden odour reel'd, / The southern stars a music peal'd, / Warm beams across the meadow stole; / For Love flew over grove and field, / Said "Open, Rosebud, open, yield / Thy fragrant soul." / Lord Tennyson. Watercolour over graphite on paper, height, leaf, 326 mm, width, leaf, 255 mm, 1908. Part of: A Posy. Vellum-bound sketchbook containing leaves with an index at the end. Cover with brown leather ornamentation and remains of vellum closure straps.

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