The nightingale and the rose

Description from Perna studios' Classic Fairy tales sketch art card set medium: watercolours, poster colours, tempera paint, coloured markers, coloured pencils, pen and ink

A nightingale, seeing the sorrow of a student who has no red rose to give to his love, stains a white rose crimson with her own blood. The nightingale dies, and the young man plucks the rose to give to his lady love. She spurns the gift, which took such a tremendous sacrifice, because she prefers to wear jewels instead. The blood-red rose finishes its journey lying in the gutter.

“Surely Love is a wonderful thing. It is more precious than emeralds, and dearer than fine opals. Pearls and pomegranates cannot buy it, nor is it set forth in the marketplace. It may not be purchased of the merchants, for can it be weighed out in the balance for gold.” ― from "The Nightingale and the Rose" by Oscar Wilde

The Nightingale and the rose by Oscar Wilde

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