Stickley Willow Bed
III 'O ye, all ye that walk in Willow-wood, That walk with hollow faces burning white; What fathom-depth of soul-struck widowhood, What long, what longer hours, one lifelong night, Ere ye again, who so in vain have wooed Your last hope lost, who so in vain invite Your lips to that their unforgotten food, Ere ye, ere ye again shall see the light! Alas! the bitter banks in Willowwood, With tear-spurge wan, with blood-wort burning red: Alas! if ever such a pillow could Steep deep the soul in sleep till she were dead, — Better all life forget her than this thing, That Willowwood should hold her wandering!' Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s, The Four Willowwood Sonnets, third stanza Stickley Willow Bed Where does inspiration come from? From the heart. Let me explain. Stickley's Willow Bed , part of the Metropolitan Collection , a solid wild black cherry lattice headboard - graceful, elegant, and serene, like the spreading branches of a Willow tree. Mary
