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| Karel Dujardin Allegory on the Brevity of Life 1663 oil on canvas Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen |
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| Cornelis van Haarlem Allegory on the Brevity of Life 1617 oil on panel Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen |
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| Carlo Maratti after Titian Allegory on the Vanity of Earthly Life ca. 1680 oil on canvas Alte Pinakothek, Munich |
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| Pieter Isaacsz Allegory of Time, Old Age and the Scholar ca. 1610 oil on canvas Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen |
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| Karel Dujardin Allegory on the Glory of Art conquering Time and Envy 1675 oil on canvas Staatsgalerie in der Neuen Residenz, Bamberg |
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| Hans Reichle Allegory of Artistic Creativity 1606 drawing Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen |
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| Louis Fabritius Dubourg Allegory of Invention 1748 watercolor Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Sassoferrato (Giovanni Battista Salvi) Holy Family with Allegory of Sin and Salvation ca. 1650 oil on copper Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart |
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| Giuseppe Passeri Allegory of Penitence ca. 1690 drawing Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen |
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| Rosalba Carriera Allegory of Vigilance ca. 1725 pastel on vellum Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart |
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| Giulio Carpioni Allegory of Chastity ca. 1650 oil on canvas Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart |
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| Pieter Isaacsz Allegory of the Sense of Hearing 1622 oil on canvas Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen |
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| Pasquale Ottino (il Pasqualotto) Allegory on the Power of Love (Venus, Cupid, Mars and Chronos) ca. 1600 oil on copper Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart |
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| Johann Heiss Allegory of Abundance with Demeter and Retinue ca. 1685 oil on canvas Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart |
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| Bernardo Strozzi Allegorical Figure ca. 1636 drawing (study for painting) Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio |
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| Bernardo Strozzi Allegorical Figure ca. 1636 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio |
Marching Song
Remember all those renowned generations,
They left their bodies to fatten the wolves,
They left their homesteads to fatten the foxes,
Fled to far countries, or sheltered themselves
In cavern, crevice or hole,
Fled to far countries, or sheltered themselves
In cavern, crevice or hole,
Defending Ireland's soul.
Be still, be still, what can be said?
My father sang that song,
My father sang that song,
But time amends old wrong,
All that is finished, let it fade.
Remember all those renowned generations,
Remember all those renowned generations,
Remember all that have sunk their blood,
Remember all that have died on the scaffold,
Remember all that have fled, that have stood,
Stood, took death like a tune
On an old tambourine.
Be still, be still, what can be said?
My father sang that song,
Remember all that have fled, that have stood,
Stood, took death like a tune
On an old tambourine.
Be still, be still, what can be said?
My father sang that song,
But time amends old wrong,
And all that is finished, let it fade.
Fail and that history turns into rubbish,
Fail and that history turns into rubbish,
All that great past to a trouble of fools;
Those that come after shall mock at O'Donnell
Mock at the memory of both O'Neills,
Mock Emmet, mock Parnell,
All the renown that fell.
Be still, be still, what can be said?
Be still, be still, what can be said?
My father sang that song,
But time amends old wrong,
And all that is finished, let it fade.
– W.B. Yeats (1939)
– W.B. Yeats (1939)