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‘Blessed Damozel, The’

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‘Blessed Damozel, The’, a poem by D. G. Rossetti, of which the first version appeared in theGerm (1850); many revised versions appeared subsequently.

In this poem, heavily influenced by Dante, Rossetti describes the blessed damozel leaning out from the ramparts of Heaven, watching the worlds below and the souls mounting to God, and praying for union with her earthly lover in the shadow of the ‘living mystic tree’. One of his earliest and most influential poems, it shows the Pre-Raphaelite interest in medieval sacramental symbolism (she has three lilies in her hand, seven stars in her hair, and a white rose in her robe) and Rossetti's concept of an ideal Platonic love, which he was to develop in later works. He also painted the same subject in later years.

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Blessed Damozel, The (La Damoiselle élue). Cantata (poème lyrique) by Debussy for sop., women's ch., and orch., comp. 1887–8 on G. Sarrazin's trans. of D. G. Rossetti's poem (1850). Re-orchestrated 1902.

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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Blessed Damozel, The." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-BlessedDamozelThe.html

MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Blessed Damozel, The." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-BlessedDamozelThe.html

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