Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882) was an English poet, illustrator, and painter, and a founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, an artistic movement that sought to revive the detailed and vibrant style of early Renaissance art. He is known for his richly symbolic and sensual poetry and paintings, often blending themes of love, beauty, and death. Some of his notable literary works include "The House of Life," a sonnet sequence that explores love and loss, and "The Blessed Damozel," a famous poem about yearning for a loved one in heaven. Rossetti's life was marked by passionate relationships, notably with Elizabeth Siddal, who became both his muse and wife.

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INTRODUCTORY SONNET   A Sonnet is a moment's monument,—  Memorial from the Soul's eternity  To one dead deathless hour. Look that it be,  Whether for lustral rite or dire portent,  Of its own arduous fulness reverent:  Carve it in ivory or in ebony,  As Day or Night may rule; and let Time see  Its flowering crest impearled and orient.   A Sonnet is a coin: its face... more...

INTRODUCTION. Of late years it has been my fate or my whim to write a good deal about the early days of the Præraphaelite movement, the members of the Præraphaelite Brotherhood, and especially my brother Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and my sister Christina Georgina Rossetti. I am now invited to write something further on the subject, with immediate reference to the Præraphaelite magazine “The Germ,”... more...