Day 7. Time for a Love Poem

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10×10, oil on canvas

The Passionate Shepherd to His Love

By Christopher Marlowe

 

Come live with me and be my love,

And we will all the pleasures prove,

That Valleys, groves, hills, and fields,

Woods, or steepy mountain yields.

 

And we will sit upon the Rocks,

Seeing the Shepherds feed their flocks,

By shallow Rivers to whose falls

Melodious birds sing Madrigals.

 

And I will make thee beds of Roses

And a thousand fragrant posies,

A cap of flowers, and a kirtle

Embroidered all with leaves of Myrtle;

 

A gown made of the finest wool

Which from our pretty Lambs we pull;

Fair lined slippers for the cold,

With buckles of the purest gold;

 

A belt of straw and Ivy buds,

With Coral clasps and Amber studs:

And if these pleasures may thee move,

Come live with me, and be my love.

 

The Shepherds’ Swains shall dance and sing

For thy delight each May-morning:

If these delights thy mind may move,

Then live with me, and be my love.

 

This painting is a commission. The reference photograph was so beautiful I couldn’t wait to paint it. It was a break from the abstracts, but I’ve got some more abstract images dancing around in my head. I can’t wait to get back to it.

Picture of Denise Hopkins

Denise Hopkins

January 7, 2016

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