The Garden of Proserpine

[menzir]

this is by far my favourite ever poem. So glad I found this :)

[walerianczyk4]

Znam tylko poskie tłumaczenie fragmentu tego wiersza w wersji pana Wilama Horzycy,spotkałem się też z tym fragmentem jak dobrze pamiętam w cyklu opowiadań"Dzienniki gwiazdowe" Stanisława Lema.Moim zdaniem jest to przepiękny wiersz,a pokuszenie się o animację do tego wiersza,nie lada wyzwaniem.

Może w przyszłości zobaczę na you tube polską oprawę do tego wiersza.

[101myths]

cool

[AngelBiLove]

From too much love of living

From hope and fear set free;

we thank with brief thanksgiving

whatever gods may be:

That no life lives forever,

that dead mine rise up never,

that even the weariest river

winds somewhere safe to sea.

[zombeagle]

it is AWESOME

[3466mel]

awesome

[melbabiee]

that was...utterly beautiful. Thank you for this work of art!

[TheNonlivingJerk]

Beautiful...

[whywait27]

I LOVE IT!!!!

[llDropDeadll]

butiful

[NeOnZeBrAx3]

I luff luff LUFF this poem

[ernastine]

"The Garden of Proserpine" is one of the best poems I have ever read. Great was my surprise to find this fine, congenial video, filled with Gothic pastiche and deepest despair in an existence that knows no beyond. Only as a metaphor the dead still live in the land of Proserpine. As they once did in the Egyptian Book of the Dead: "Let me in!" - "Who are you? Where do you come from?" - "I am one of yours."

[FatalFortuneCookie]

This is my favourite poem. I read it once in a poerty book I had in highschool and ended up reading it so many times that I memorised the whole thing.

[SyrumvsAntidote]

makes me sad, but very strong blunt sad. so good if that what it was suppose to do.

[KnIgHtSrEpUbLic21]

(Cont.)

Then star nor sun shall waken, Nor any change of light:

Nor sound of waters shaken, Nor any sound or sight:

Nor wintry leaves nor vernal,

Nor days nor things diurnal;

Only the sleep eternal In an eternal night.

- Last three paragraphs of Algernon Charles Swinburne's poem, "The Garden of Proserpine"

[KnIgHtSrEpUbLic21]

We are not sure of sorrow, And joy was never sure;

To-day will die to-morrow Time stoops to no mans lure;

And love, grown faint and fretful

With lips but half regretful

Sighs, and with eyes forgetful Weeps that no loves endure. From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free,

We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be

That no life lives for ever;

That dead men rise up never;

That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea.

[LamaPaj]

great animation, but i couldnt hear what was being said!

[RhoxYourSox]

love the prose!

i'm afraid i'm conflicted about the actual voice,

its hard to understand at times

[SarahPower52592]

wow

[MarasVeil]

Oh to be wrapped in the sombre cloak eternally of such words divinely penned...

incredible work. The animation and the voice.

Thank you.

[bach410]

Wow...just wow. An amazing animation that captures everything that I felt the poem represents. WOW!Grea video.

[AnnoWartz]

cool...

I wonder who the hand belongs...

[NAI93]

love .

[Garrison2]

Amazing..again!!

[COPPERHEAD842]

I love this poem!!

Great interpretation!

[jeramieleonard]

thats is beautiful!

[JazzyKat4Ever]

wow..

[FilmTraum]

Amazing! Well done!

[FairlyDoubtful]

That was beautiful ;)

[panokay]

somewhat dark yet really beautiful ********** 10stars

[ciarga]

what and where is the underworld???

[SerpentofSet]

The Underworld was the Greek "Hell", except it was divided into three parts: The Plains of Asphodel (I think that's it) which was for the not so good, but not so bad people, Elysium, which is "Heaven", and Erebus, where the truly evil are damned to remain in eternal punishment. Ooh, big words.

To answer your second question, the Underworld isn't in a fixed place.

I believe that the name was Persephone, though.

P.S. I could be thinking of a different myth, and be totally wrong...

[munqiboi]

Proserpine (or Prosarpina) is the the Roman version of Persephone. So yeah, you are pretty much there! :)

Greco/Roman myths and gods tend to mix together quite a bit but the basic tales are fairly similar.Nice piece of animation all the same.

[Tytan64]

Exactly, right on the money.

Scott Brown - Elysium = Heaven, which is what he had in mind for the song.

Beautiful work Joaquin, hoping for more animations soon :D

[Kameramannen94]

Great movies! all your movies are great! love them.

[gravitykicks]

exellent movies that u have create in all those times. I will add u as a friend. please accept it please. :)

[srdiow]

you are one amazing person....thank you for your time and the beautiful result of your work

[ashtonsgirlh]

Such beautiful work!

[grakanpont]

Excelente trabajo.

[valevigtnyc]

My abs. fave. poem

[Jadestone42]

One of my favorite poems.

[ishirokatsura]

nature as a way of reburning itself. a death of a flower means the surviver of another

[AudioToys]

5+! was it 3dsmax or carrera? we play a little with brice5, 'cose works well on small pc, and you don't need to be an engineer...

CIAO :)

[zell777]

It was Maya actually.

[AudioToys]

thanks, a very powerful tool...

CIAO =0

[iralarry]

We are not sure of sorrow,

And joy was never sure ;

To-day will die to-morrow ;

Time stoops to no man's lure ;

And love, grown faint and fretful,

With lips but half regretful

Sighs, and with eyes forgetful

Weeps that no loves endure

Well, that surely picked me right up and dropped me on my ass. Thanks for bringing this poetry to my attention. They should have invented Zoloft or Paxil a long time ago. Wow. Imagine a world with no depressive realists. I prefer happy delusion. ;)

[zell777]

Hey man, google it and you'll find the full poem, it is very long and intricate.

[csweetie519]

it was very pretty and well done, but it was kind of depressing. i really enjoyed it tho

[marylov]

no life lives forever...

[zell777]

Dead men rise up never

[gigimoon]

That was beautiful!

[StandUPProductions]

very nicely done

[tarazod]

stunning

[crustyWoW]

brilliant

[konczy]

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