Sonnet 18 | William Shakespeare, 1609
William Gear, Summer afternoon, 1952 Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds...
Poems
The Folly Of Being Comforted | A poem by William Butler Yeats, 1904
Erwin Blumenfeld, Young Eyes, 1937 One that is ever kind said yesterday:'Your well-beloved's hair has threads of grey,And little shadows...
The Donkey | A poem by G.K. Chesterton, 1900
Child with a small white donkey in Sana'a, Yemen The Donkey When fishes flew and forests walkedAnd figs grew upon...
You sleep | A poem by Gerhard Falkner, 1996
Egon Schiele, Seated Boy, 1910 You sleep and lie next to your hairyour white leg is propped upand I, on...
To My Mother | A poem by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1885
Ikuyo Yasuda, Mother and Child with Pomegranate, 1980 You too, my mother, read my rhymesFor love of unforgotten times,And you...
Insomnia. 2. | A poem by Marina Tsvetaeva, 1916
Wolf Kahn, Woods in Two Colors and Three Tones, 1988 As I love tokiss hands, andto name everything, Ilove to...
Born Yesterday | A poem by Philip Larkin, 1954
Louise Blair Daura - Untitled (Louise and baby at Altafulla) - 1930s Tightly-folded bud,I have wished you somethingNone of the...
Tepidarium | A poem by Jose Maria de Heredia, 1842-1905
Ivan Serpa, Goauche, 1956 O'er their soft limbs has myrrh its fragrance shed;And bathed in warmth beneath December's skiesThey dream,...
April Rain Song | A poem by Langston Hughes, 1921
Alexander Girard, Rain (Furnishing Fabric), 1953 Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head With silver...
Awed by her splendor | A poem by Sappho, 630 – 570 BC
Albert Bierstadt, Cloud Study, Moonlight, 1860 Stars near the lovelymoon cover their ownbright faceswhen sheis roundest and lightsearth with her...