Beauty, Lasting

Beauty, Lasting

Célimènebeauty not diminished by character or age. [Fr. Drama: The Misanthrope]Mona LisaLa Gioconda, da Vinci’s enchanting portrait. [Ital. Art: Wallechinsky, 190]My Last Duchesspoem about a wife whose beauty is frozen in portrait. [Br. Lit.: “My Last Duchess” in Norton, 757–758]stocksymbolizes enduring loveliness. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 177]unravished brideher portrait fixed in clay, she cannot fade but will be forever fair. [Br. Poetry: Keats “Ode on a Grecian Urn”]