Nixon-Roulet, Mary F · Boston : Marlier & Co. · leaf 274
uty compassed in a female form,The Princess; liker to the inhabitantOf some clear planet close upon the sunThan our mans earth, such eyes were in her head,And so much grace, and power breathing downFrom over her arched brows/ All her beauty one cannot describe. There are the three figures which… … MARRIAGE OF SAINT CATHERINE. A Saintly Scholar godliness in its deep, far-seeing eyes ; thepure, earnest features of the Saint, wholeans forward to receive the betrothalring, the symbol of her devotion to herheavenly Spouse; one can speak of thesethings, but cannot convey the least idea oftheir…
Christian art and symbolism · Painting
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