John William Waterhouse, “Tristan and Isolde Sharing the Potion,” 1916
4,526 words
From D’Annunzio’s novel Il trionfo della morte (The Triumph of Death
Translated by V. M. Crawford
Giorgio Aurispa had not forgotten a single episode of his first religious pilgrimage towards the Ideal Theatre; he could recall every instant of his extraordinary emotion in that hour when he had first seen on the fair hillside, at the further extremity of a long leafy avenue, the building dedicated to the supreme festival of Art; he could reconstruct the amphitheater in its solemn vastness, girdled by columns and arches, the mystery of the Mystical Gulf. (more…)
