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FOR THE WINE OF CIRCE (fragment)

Dusk-haired and gold-robed o'er the golden wine
She stoops, wherein, distilled of death and shame,
Sink the black drops; while, lit with fragrant flame,
Round her spread board the golden sunflowers shine.
Doth Helios here with Hecatè combine
(O Circe, thou their votaress!) to proclaim
For these thy guests all rapture in Love's name,

Till pitiless Night give Day the countersign?

Poeta y pintor inglés. English poet and painter.
Fundador de la Hermandad Prerrafaelita. Founder of the Pre- raphaelite Brotherhood.
Nació en Londres en 1828, hijo de un poeta italiano. Rossetti was born in London, son of an Italian poet.
Desde muy joven se entregó a la literatura al mismo He devoted himself to literature since he was young
tiempo que estudiaba pintura. and at the same time he studied painting.
Estudió en el King's College y en la Real He studied at King's College and at the Royal
Academia de Bellas Artes de Londres. Academy of Fine Arts in London.
En 1860 se casó con Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal, su In 1860, Rossetti married Elizabeth Eleonor Siddal,
modelo, cuya belleza inmortalizó en muchas de his model, whose beauty inspired his work.
sus obras. In 1872, after having a miscarriage and suffering
En1862 tras sufrir un aborto y varias infidelidades her husband's infidelity, Elisabeth committed suicide,
de su marido Elizabeth se suicidó, quedando leaving a desperate Rossetti.
Rossetti desconsolado. He was unfairly accused of being an immoral poet
Rossetti sufrió una injusta acusación como poeta and spent several years in pain and depression.
inmoral y pasó años sumido en el dolor y In 1872, he tried to commit suicide after a nervous
la depresión. breakdown.
En 1872 intentó suicidarse tras una crisis nerviosa. Rossetti died in Brichington, 1882.
Murió en Brichington en 1882. His most famous poetic works are: The Blessed
Sus obras poéticas más famosas son: El retrato y Damozel and The Portrait. Translations of Dante
La doncella bienaventurada. and other Italian poets. In 1881, he published
Traducciones de Dante y otros escritores italianos: Ballads and Sonnets with some of his best poems:
106 Los primeros poetas italianos. En 1881 publicó Rose Mary, The White Boat, The King's Tragedy and
the series of sonnets The House of Life.
Baladas y sonetos con algunos de sus mejores
poemas: Rose Mary, El barco blanco, La tragedia
del rey y la serie de sonetos La casa de la vida.