The image depicts a painting titled Camellias by the artist Joanne Porter. The work is a floral still life painting of three whit camellias and buds. The image supports the poem The Camellia written by the poet Charles Lassailly; from Honoré de Balzac's Les Illusions Perdus and translated by Katharine Prescott-Wormeley
Painting Attribution © Joanne Porter, Camellias, 2020

The Camellia - Charles Lassailly

From Honoré de Balzac's Les Illusions Perdus (Lost Illusions)

Translated by Katharine Prescott-Wormeley

In Nature's poem flowers have each their word:
The rose of love and beauty sings alone;
The violet's soul exhales in tenderest tone;
The lily's one pure simple note is heard.
The cold Camellia only, stiff and white,
Rose without perfume, lily without grace,
When chilling winter shows his icy face,
Blooms for a world that vainly seeks delight.
Yet, in a theatre, or ball-room light,
With alabaster petals opening fair,
I gladly see Camellias shining bright
Above some stately woman's raven hair,
Whose noble form fulfils the heart's desire,
Like Grecian marbles warmed by Phidian fire.

Poem Attribution © Charles Lassailly - From Honoré de Balzac's - Les Illusions Perdus (Lost Illusions) - The Camellia

Source Attribution The Language of Flowers, Ed. Jane Holloway, Pub. Alfred A. Knopf

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Painting Attribution © Joanne Porter, Camellias, 2020

Source Attribution https://fineartamerica.com/featured/camellias-joanne-porter.html

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