.”Of Adam’s first wife, Lilith, it is told
(The witch he loved before the gift of Eve,)
That, ere the snake’s, her sweet tongue could deceive,
And her enchanted hair was the first gold.
And still she sits, young while the earth is old,
And, subtly of herself contemplative,
Draws men to watch the bright web she can weave,
Till heart and body and life are in its hold.
The rose and poppy are her flower; for where
Is he not found, O Lilith, whom shed scent
And soft-shed kisses and soft sleep shall snare?
Lo! as that youth’s eyes burned at thine, so went
Thy spell through him, and left his straight neck bent
And round his heart one strangling golden hair. ” – by Rossetti
Rossetti’s Lady Lilith model: Alexa Wilding
Rossetti’s, “Aurelia” model: Alexa Wilding
Cowper’s Rapunzel
Cowper’s, “La Belle Dam sans Merci”
Waterhouse’s, “Mariana in the South”. Model: Lizzie Siddal
Millais’s, “The Bridesmaid”
and a rather strange version of Helen of Troy by Frederick Sandys
