Down Stream
July 5, 2023At The Station Of The Versailles Railway
July 5, 2023Dis Manibus
Gustave Flaubert, whose honoured rôle
Was to be scribe to Nero’s soul,
And make French flesh to creep and crow
O’er Carthaginian Salammbô,
Lies here—in body, as in the brain,
Like Morgue-corpse tumid from the Seine.
What shall be writ above his grave?
Vitellius’, Nero’s dying stave?
“Fui Imperator,” shall it flow,
Or “Qualis artifex pereo.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) was an English poet, painter, and founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. His works, such as "The Blessed Damozel" and "Sister Helen," explored themes of love, death, and the supernatural. Rossetti was also a talented artist and designed many of the Pre-Raphaelite movement's most famous works.