The Full Moon over the Sea, from a Beach c.1823-6 Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775-1851 Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/D25328
by Vita Sackville-West
Featured image: Joseph Mallord William Turner: The Full Moon over the Sea, from a Beach c.1823–6
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Good old Vita! And beautiful collection of paintings here, Josie! Shared your post to Facebook. -- Elizabeth
So many great pictures to choose from. Moonlight seems to bring out the artists!
Amazed to find the poem was by Vita - until I got to the end, I was thinking Wordsworth. Hope English poetry is inspiring you in the right place at the moment.
It does have that Wordsworthian "Westminster Bridge' feel - of the beauty of the town and city revealed and transformed by the quality of the light.
Poetry is always a pleasure - except when it's not of course. And then it has other value! (She said wisely, gnomically and with great preponderance.)