Joy of Spring

Spring, 1895 byLawrence Alma Tadema, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu CA

In a land of clear colours and stories,

In a region of shadowless hours,

Where Earth has a garment of glories

And a murmur of musical flowers.

This poem by Algernon Swinburne (a favorite of Victorian painters especially the Pre-Raphaelites) is engraved on the frame of the painting.