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Taking Home the Bride by *Maidith:iconMaidith:

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© Kristina Gehrmann - bildkunst.de - [link]

"What! ride an hundred miles tonight,
By thy mad fancies driven!
Dost hear the bell with its sullen swell,
As it rumbles out eleven?"
"Look forth! look forth! the moon shines bright:
We and the dead gallop fast thro' the night.
'Tis for a wager I bear thee away
To the nuptial couch ere the break of day."

Here to the right and there to the left
Flew fields of corn and clover,
And the bridges flashed by to the dazzled eye,
As rattling they thundered over.
"What ails my love? the moon shines bright:
Bravely the dead men ride through the night.
Is my love afraid of the quiet dead?"
"Ah! no; -- let them sleep in their dusty bed!"

And swiftly up to an iron gate
With reins relaxed they went;
At the rider's touch the bolts flew back
And the bars were broken and bent;
The doors were burst with a deafening knell,
And over the white graves they dashed pell mell:
The tombs around looked grassy and grim,
As they glimmered and glanced in the moonlight dim.

But see! but see! in an eyelid's beat,
Towhoo! a ghastly wonder!
The horseman's jerkin, piece by piece,
Dropped off like brittle tinder!
Fleshless and hairless, a naked skull,
The sight of his weird head was horrible;
The lifelike mask was there no more,
And a scythe and a sandglass the skeleton bore.

A painting inspired by the ballad "Lenore", written in 1774. (Here is the complete German text by A.G. Bürger: [link] )

Read the English poem here: [link]


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Painted using: Aiptek Graphics tablet and Photoshop 7
Time: About 20 hours
Music: Michelangeli, Mozart, Rubinstein
References used: for the horse, for Lenore's face, for the skull

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Mood: Love *Doku-sama May 5, 2007, 3:20:26 AM
Whaou !!! Beautiful ! O_o!
I love the dead man and the moon !!! ^___^

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~Applefizz May 5, 2007, 3:33:03 AM
Amazing. I love the colours!
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~WhiteAngelAriah May 5, 2007, 3:48:17 AM
The story is so potent....you brought it out well in this piece! Brilliant Work!

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~DoctorTsus May 5, 2007, 4:49:14 AM
This is stunning!
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~rootvetwife May 5, 2007, 4:53:52 AM
Wow! That is amazing...and creepy! :) Very good job! :)

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*Rita-Ria May 5, 2007, 5:39:18 AM
great story - great done

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~Nelhemyah May 5, 2007, 5:50:10 AM
Sounds a little bit like Sleepy Hollow's ending. Hehe.
Beautiful painting.

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*Mercuralis May 5, 2007, 6:10:07 AM
I have to say, I think this might be your best painting to date. :)

Bravo. You just keep getting better, and better.

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~MerlinsEleniel May 5, 2007, 6:29:49 AM
That is beyond gorgeous!

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~marychain May 5, 2007, 7:02:32 AM
beautiful work!

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