愚かな乙女、来るのが遅すぎた
The Foolish Virgins, 'Too late, ye cannot enter now 1883
サイズ: 233 cm × 160 cm ニューウォーク博物・美術館蔵
作 者:フランク・ディクシー
この絵は、フランク・ディクシーによって描かれた「愚かな乙女、来るのが遅すぎた」 という作品です。
国王牧歌(アルフレッド・テニスン著)のグィネヴィア(Guinevere)詩編に出てくる次の一説を表現したもののようです。
THE QUEEN looked up, and said,“O maiden, if indeed you list to sing,Sing,
and unbind my heart, that I may weep.”Whereat full willingly sang the little
maid:“Late, late, so late! and dark the night and chill!Late, late, so
late! but we can enter still.Too late, too late! Ye cannot enter now.
“No light had we: for that we do repent;And learning this, the bridegroom
will relent.Too late, too late! Ye cannot enter now.
“No light; so late! and dark and chill the night!O, let us in, that we
may find the light!Too late, too late! Ye cannot enter now.
“Have we not heard the bridegroom is so sweet?O, let us in, though
late, to kiss his feet!No, no, too late! Ye cannot enter now.”
So sang the novice, while full passionately,Her head upon her hands, wept
the sad Queen.
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