The Earthly Paradise (1868-70), The Lady of the Land
Context: Noble the house was, nor seemed built for war,
But rather like the work of other days,
When men, in better peace than now they are,
Had leisure on the world around to gaze,
And noted well the past times' changing ways;
And fair with sculptured stories it was wrought,
By lapse of time unto dim ruin brought.
“The sculptural qualities of the image dim down the purely personal identity.”
Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar-- a professor of English literature, a literary critic, and a …
Source: 1990s and beyond, The Book of Probes : Marshall McLuhan (2011), p. 369
“Fair I was also, and that was my ruin.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe book Faust
Schön war ich auch, und das war mein Verderben.
A Prison
Faust, Part 1 (1808)
“The lapse of time uncovers hidden secrets.”
Muhammad al-Taqi (811–835) ninth of the Twelve Imams of Twelver Shi'ism
Misnad al-Imām al-Jawād, p. 245
General
Margaret Fuller (1810–1850) American feminist, poet, author, and activist
A higher charm than modern culture won,
With all the wealth of metaphysic lore,
Gifted to analyze, dissect explore.
Life Without and Life Within (1859), Flaxman
Loreena McKennitt (1957) Canadian musician and composer
The Mask and Mirror (1994), The Dark Night of The Soul
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist
The Painter. from The London Literary Gazette: 15th November 1823 Poetic Sketches. Fourth Series. Sketch I.
The Vow of the Peacock (1835)
Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy
