Goblin Market: The whisk-tail’d merchant bade her taste by JoeJarrah
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Description
I wasn't happy with the previous version of this; too static and stilted. So here it is recomposed, lit with a bit more chiaroscuro...
The goblin merchants tempt Laura to buy their fruit, as recounted in Rosetti's poem:
One had a cat’s face,
One whisk’d a tail,
One tramp’d at a rat’s pace,
One crawl’d like a snail,
One like a wombat prowl’d obtuse and furry,
One like a ratel tumbled hurry skurry....
...One heav’d the golden weight
Of dish and fruit to offer her:
“Come buy, come buy,” was still their cry.
Laura stared but did not stir,
Long’d but had no money:
The whisk-tail’d merchant bade her taste
In tones as smooth as honey,

Comments (4)
Excellent!
sweet scene!
Nicely staged.