Dear Zazie, Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag dedicated to his muse. Are you without the one you do not want to be without? Rhett
The Lovers’ Chronicle
Dear Muse,
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“Sleep with me?”
absolutely…
meet me
in that old
hotel lobby
i will bring the vodka
and the caviar
and we will savor it
we will talk
of the places we have been
and the places we should go
and we will never say
i love you,
but we will
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these feelin’s persist…
that which once was
the feelin’s
that stir about you
burn but more clearly
this is how
without feels
this is how
without
makes me feel
this is what
moves me so
these thoughts of you
have never been more
beautiful and necessary
than they are right now
after all i have been through
so i will continue
through these
cold, empty nights
to wait
to write, to dream
to let these thoughts
provide just enough
warmth and maybe,
ever once in awhile,
to hope
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Today original lyrics and a song. The Dark Muse fought and won again as she usually does these days. This topic is one of my favorites. I have visited it before and probably will again, so if you do not like the song of the day just stay tuned. There are many good songs on this topic and we might get to your favorite. The Poem of the Day:
Without You
Without you…
These feelins persist,
These persistent feelins
That which was once gained
That which was soon lost
Others sing while I sigh
Others laugh while I weep
I am robbed of rest
Pain lulls me asleep
Without you…
These moods prevail,
These prevailin’ moods
The voice; hear and obey
Sister to despair
Monarch of the lost
Come down; my bluster
Swells no more
The stormy rage blows
Without you…
This gloom pervades,
This pervadin’ gloom
To the depths below
Down I must go
The Dark Muse speaks
Her words; must record
All is forsaken
Without you…
This despair lingers,
This lingerin’ despair
Eternal Darkness
Eternal chains bind
To infinite pain
Let ’em come, Let ’em
Eternal Shadows
This is what awaits
Without you…
This hope fadin’,
This fadin’ hope
There must be some way
Some kinda way
To work this out
Cause I just can’t
Be much longer
Without you, without you
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The Song of the Day is “Without You” by Van Halen.
Today is the birthday of Paulus Potter (Enkhuizen, Netherlands 20 November 1625 (baptised) – 17 January 1654 (buried) Amsterdam); painter who specialized in animals within landscapes, usually with a low vantage point.
Potter became a member of the Guild of Saint Luke in Delft, but by 1649, he moved to The Hague, next to Jan van Goyen. In July 1650, Potter married Adriana van Balckeneynde (1627-1690). His father-in-law was a leading building contractor in the Hague and introduced him to the Dutch elite. Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, a member of the stadholder’s family and an art-lover, bought one of Potter’s paintings, The Farmyard, but some court ladies seemed to have advised against it. In May 1652, he returned to Amsterdam on invitation of Nicolaes Tulp, who owned a number of his paintings. Tulp was impressed by his civilized behavior and politeness and had Potter paint his son, Dirck Tulp, as a noble equestrian. Potter composed a will in January of 1653 and died a year later of tuberculosis, two months after his 28th birthday.
Gallery
The spotted horse
The piebald horse
And on this day in 1805, Fidelio (originally titled Leonore, oder Der Triumph der ehelichen Liebe; English: Leonore, or The Triumph of Marital Love), Op. 72, Ludwig van Beethoven’s only opera premiered at Vienna’s Theater an der Wien. The German libretto was originally prepared by Joseph Sonnleithner from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly. The following year, Stephan von Breuning helped shorten the work from three acts to two. After further work on the libretto by Georg Friedrich Treitschke, a final version was performed at the Kärntnertortheater on 23 May 1814. By convention, both of the first two versions are referred to as Leonore.
The libretto, with some spoken dialogue, tells how Leonore, disguised as a prison guard named “Fidelio”, rescues her husband Florestan from death in a political prison. Bouilly’s scenario fits Beethoven’s aesthetic and political outlook: a story of personal sacrifice, heroism, and eventual triumph. With its underlying struggle for liberty and justice mirroring contemporary political movements in Europe. Notable moments in the opera include the “Prisoners’ Chorus” (O welche Lust—”O what a joy”), an ode to freedom sung by a chorus of political prisoners, Florestan’s vision of Leonore come as an angel to rescue him, and the scene in which the rescue finally takes place. The finale celebrates Leonore’s bravery with alternating contributions of soloists and chorus.
Mac Tag
Because of that great nobleness of hers
The fire that stirs about her, when she stirs,
Burns but more clearly
– W. B. Yeats
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