Meeting at Night

This set of handmade lampwork black glass beads with white pokkadots is named for the poem, Meeting at Night, by Robert Browning (1812-1889).

See Bead Sets in the Beadshaper Gallery.

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The grey sea and the long black land;

And the yellow half-moon large and low;

And the startled little waves that leap

In fiery ringlets from their sleep,

As I gain the cove with pushing prow,

And quench its speed i' the slushy sand.

Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach;

Three fields to cross till a farm appears;

A tap at the pane, the quick sharp scratch

And blue spurt of a lighted match,

And a voice less loud, thro' its joys and fears,

Than the two hearts beating each to each!

La Vita Nuova

This handmade lampwork colorful earth tone glass pendant bead is named for the poem, La Vita Nuova by the medieval Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) It can be the focal point of your necklace. Just pass a fine silver chain or a fine cord through the hole that runs the length of the bead.

You can purchase this exciting focal pendant bead by going to http://www.beadshaper.com/gallery and then clicking Pendants.

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La Vita Nuova

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In that book which is

My memory . . .

On the first page

That is the chapter when

I first met you

Appear the words . . .

Here begins a new life