Wladislaw Czachorski-A Moment of Repose,1890.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau/The First Mourning,1888

Thomas Cole-Views Across Frenchman's Bay from Mt. Desert Island, After a Squall,1845

©François Flameng - Bathing of Court Ladies in the 18th Century,1888

Strive, perchance thou shalt not lay eyes upon me

©Herbert James Draper - Ulysses and the Sirens (1909). Oil on canvas, 175.9 × 210 cm (69.25 × 84 in). Ferens Art Gallery, Kingston upon Hull

Probably, Adagios have meant to be for exact moments before shining of love and dazes on departure...

- Peaceful Mahler
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O tiger's heart, wrapped in a woman's hide!

-Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part 3 (c. 1591–92)

©Dante gabriel rossetti, l'amata (la sposa - Beloved), 1865 as a Pre-Raphaelite Portrait in Tate Britain

Act I
Signore, ascolta!

- Turandot opera influenced by the Nizami Ganjavi's "Haft Peykar - هَفت پِیکَر - Seven Souls" Persian poet. (The daughter of the king of Turan rejects every suitor and sets deadly conditions for them until a great prince comes; the cards turn...)

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