Nurse´s Song
By William Blake* WHEN the voices of children are heard on the green, And laughing is heard on the hill, My heart is at rest within my breast, And everything else is still. “Then come home, my children, the sun is gone down, And the dews of the night arise; Come, come, leave off play, […]
Laughing Song
By William Blake WHEN the meadows laugh with lively green, And the grasshopper laughs in the merry scene When Mary, and Susan, and Emily With their sweet round mouths sing, “Ha, Ha, He! When the painted birds laugh in the shade, Where our table with cherries and nuts is spread: Come live, and be […]
Going through Hell? Dante’s The Divine Comedy in Art
Dante has inspired everyone from French sculptor Auguste Rodin to British draftsman William Blake. You can see how different artists have imagined the story below and in our exhibition, Going through Hell: The Divine Dante, on view from April 9 to July 16. Dante’s epic poem may be called The Divine Comedy, but don’t expect […]