#iris tree

[toiich]

Iris Tree by Man Ray, 1923

[ripplefactor]

Iris Tree by Miss Compton Collier, January 27th, 1897, Hampstead—

[henk-heijmans]

Iris Tree (English, 1897-1968), ca. 1923 - by Man Ray (1890 – 1976), American

[journalofanobody]

"Age creeps upon your timid little faces / Beneath each black umbrella sly and slow, / Proud in the unimportance of your places / You sit in twilight…"

--Iris Tree

[clarabowlover]

Miss Iris Tree

At The Hunt The Slipper Ball (Savoy Hotel London 17th February 1920)

[bloodandferns]

[werkboileddown]

[woodlandtrust]

Woods of Brown Gloom Sombring with the Hush of Death - Iris Tree

Woods of brown gloom sombring with the hush of death, Wind's lassitude that sets the tired leaves shivering, Starved yellow leaves sighing beneath the feet, a breath Consumptive, old, and fever-red leaves quivering, As with an earthward flutter like a ghostly butterfly Listless they perish, wavering and hovering. Skeleton branches where the rooks flap wings and cry, Perched upon ribs and fingers; and the white mists covering The far-off hills and bloodless visage of the sun. No noise save the meandering dribble of a rivulet, No noise save of the slow hours dropping one by one As embers, no colour save Time's ashen coverlet.... How melancholy here the gayest tunes would sound From shrill carousers riotous and merry all, As echoes of lost joy their dancing feet upon the ground, As funeral bagpipes at a burial. And I who wander passionless and forlorn, A leaf-forsaken tree symbolic of dejection, In rags of old desires, dispirited and torn, See in the stagnant glass of Time my soul's reflection.