Work Without Hope, Samuel Taylor Coleridge Poem, Thomas Cole – Desolation
Work Without Hope, Samuel Taylor Coleridge Poem, Thomas Cole Print – Course of Empire, Desolation
A fusion of the classic Coleridge poem with the iconic Burton Print.
Work Without Hope by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
All Nature seems at work. Slugs leave their lair—
The bees are stirring—birds are on the wing—
And Winter slumbering in the open air,
Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring!
And I the while, the sole unbusy thing,
Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing.
Yet well I ken the banks where amaranths blow,
Have traced the fount whence streams of nectar flow.
Bloom, O ye amaranths! bloom for whom ye may,
For me ye bloom not! Glide, rich streams, away!
With lips unbrightened, wreathless brow, I stroll:
And would you learn the spells that drowse my soul?
Work without Hope draws nectar in a sieve,
And Hope without an object cannot live.
Thomas Cole Print – Course of Empire, Desolation
The Course of Empire: Desolation” is an allegorical painting by Thomas Cole, executed in 1836. The artwork is a part of a series titled “The Course of Empire”, which explores the rise and fall of civilizations. This piece belongs to the Romanticism art movement
All prints are made using archival art stocks and UV pigment inks to give up to 200 years life. Prints are sold unframed and unmounted.
