Descripción de William Allingham, A Day-Dream's Reflection:

William Allingham (1825-1889) Born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland March 19, 1824, William Allingham worked in a custom house for many years before becoming editor of Fraser's Magazine in 1874. Dante Gabriel Rossetti was a close friend and illustrated some of his work. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Allingham http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/william_allingham/biography A Day-Dream's Reflection Chequer'd with woven shadows as I lay Among the grass, blinking the watery gleam, I saw an Echo-Spirit in his bay Most idly floating in the noontide beam. Slow heaved his filmy skiff, and fell, with sway Of ocean's giant pulsing, and the Dream, Buoyed like the young moon on a level stream Of greenish vapour at decline of day, Swam airily, watching the distant flocks Of sea-gulls, whilst a foot in careless sweep Touched the clear-trembling cool with tiny shocks, Faint-circling; till at last he dropt asleep, Lull'd by the hush-song of the glittering deep, Lap-lapping drowsily the heated rocks. Art: Frederic Bazille (1841-1870) Born December 6, 1841, in Montpellier, France, Jean-Frederic Bazille went to Paris to study medicine, but left his study to pursue painting against his parent's wishes. He befriended Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Alfred Sisley, and became a prominent Impressionist. http://www.biography.com/impressionists/bazille-bio.jsp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Bazille Music: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Born in Hamburg May 7, 1933, Johannes Brahms spent most of his life in Vienna. His father first taught him to play piano, and from seven years of age he studied with Otto Friedrich Willibald Cossel. During his teens he played piano in bars that were also brothels. He worked with prominent performers of his time such as pianist Clara Schumann and violinist Joseph Joachim. He was a perfectionist and destroyed many of his works. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Brahms http://www.johannesbrahms.org/JBbio.htm