Saturday, August 29, 2009

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!

Thursday, August 13, 2009

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