"The Camellia"
The rose of love and beauty sings alone;
The violet's soul exhales in tenderest tone;
The lily's one pure simple note is heard.
The cold Camellia only, stiff and white,
Rose without perfume, Lily without grace,
When chilling winter shows his icy face,
Blooms for a world that vainly seeks delight.
Yet, in a theatre, or ballroom light,
With alabaster petals opening fair,
I gladly see Camellias shining bright
Above some stately woman's raven hair,
Whose noble form fulfills the heart's desire,
Like Grecian marbles warmed by Phidian's fire.
(--Honore de Balzac)
The camellias are blooming here at my sister's in Georgia, and looking good, despite the snow that's here today! (very unusual for this part of southeastern Georgia.) As for Joe and me, we're deciding when it's smart to head home...not today!
Hope everyone had a beautiful Christmas holiday!
Stay toasty, everyone!
(and as always, sorry for the poor photo quality without my scanner)
(and as always, sorry for the poor photo quality without my scanner)
4 comments:
Merry Christmas, Sue. I so love camellias for how they can bloom in winter. We have some at our house in the sierra and they evoke grateful admiration in me when their flowers survive the snow.
Merry Christmas, Sue!
I love how you caught the glass in this one!
What a lovely painting. They always look good to me on here.
Do stay till it is safe to travel.
I have been busy getting ready for Company tomorrow so havent been around much. Hope you had a wonderful visit. xoxo
Thanks, all! We drove home today (Monday) and it's good to be back. We had a really nice visit with family and lots of good memories. We arrived home to lots of snow!
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