The Girl from Venezuela. Henry Clive (The American Weekly, 1943)
Apreciado don Arístides:
Los versos en la portada de este número de 1943 de la revista The American Weekly, son de la escritora y poetisa americana Phyllis Mc Ginley:
Fiestas are gala
In far Venezuela
That country of orchids and tropical skies,
With many a river
To wear in its quiver
And many a treasure to hold for a price.
A wide land, a proud land,
A richly-endowed land,
With gold for its owning, and coffee and pearls.
But best of the host of
Possesions it boasts of
Is lovely Constantia, fairest of girls.
When, wrapped in mantilla,
she looks from her villa,
What heart doesn´t flatter, what pulse doesn´t stir?
Ah, where is the Yankee
Who wouldn´t say "thank-ee"
And offer salute to a neighbor like her?
Cordialmente,
Apreciado don Arístides:
Los versos en la portada de este número de 1943 de la revista The American Weekly, son de la escritora y poetisa americana Phyllis Mc Ginley:
Fiestas are gala
In far Venezuela
That country of orchids and tropical skies,
With many a river
To wear in its quiver
And many a treasure to hold for a price.
A wide land, a proud land,
A richly-endowed land,
With gold for its owning, and coffee and pearls.
But best of the host of
Possesions it boasts of
Is lovely Constantia, fairest of girls.
When, wrapped in mantilla,
she looks from her villa,
What heart doesn´t flatter, what pulse doesn´t stir?
Ah, where is the Yankee
Who wouldn´t say "thank-ee"
And offer salute to a neighbor like her?
Titulada "Glamorous Good Neighbors", la portada se engalana con una magnífica ilustración de Henry Clive. Un dilettante, Clive fue mago, actor de cine mudo, director de arte de Hollywood, así como pintor de bellas mujeres. Ilustró la revista AW desde los 1930s hasta los 1950s. Junto a su ilustración "The Girl from Venezuela" se publica también un poema del mismo nombre de Phyllis McGinley, ganadora del premio Pulitzer de Poesía en 1961 y miembro de la National Academy of Arts and Letters. 1
Vale la pena destacar que la arquitectura que se vislumbra al fondo del profundo jardín tropical, tras su tradicional línea de Chaguaramos, es la fachada sur del Caracas Country Club.
Vale la pena destacar que la arquitectura que se vislumbra al fondo del profundo jardín tropical, tras su tradicional línea de Chaguaramos, es la fachada sur del Caracas Country Club.
Cordialmente,
señora Gómez
1. Tomado de: etsy.com.
Listen to La Colonna Musicale.
-Codex Faenza. Constantia (Ensemble Organum, Musique du Moyenage)
Dear don Arístides:
The lines on the cover of this issue, 1943 issue of The American Weekly, are American writer and poet Phyllis Mc Ginley:
Fiestas are gala
In far Venezuela
That country of orchids and tropical skies,
With many a river
To wear in its quiver
And many a treasure to hold for a price.
A wide land, a proud land,
A richly-endowed land,
With gold for its owning, and coffee and pearls.
But best of the host of
Possesions it boasts of
Is lovely Constantia, fairest of girls.
When, wrapped in mantilla,
she looks from her villa,
What heart doesn´t flatter, what pulse doesn´t stir?
Ah, where is the Yankee
Who wouldn´t say "thank-ee"
And offer salute to a neighbor like her?
Titled "Glamorous Good Neighbors", the cover is decked out with a wonderful illustration of Henry Clive. A dilettante, Clive was a magician, silent film actor, Hollywood art director and painter of beautiful women. He illustrated AW magazine from the 1930s to the 1950s. Along with his picture "The Girl from Venezuela" is also published a poem of the same name by Phyllis McGinley, Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry in 1961 and member of the National Academy of Arts and Letters. 1
It is worth noting that the architecture seen at the rear of the deep tropical garden, behind its traditional Chaguaramo palms line is the southern facade of the Caracas Country Club.
Cordially yours,
Listen to La Colonna Musicale.
-Codex Faenza. Constantia (Ensemble Organum, Musique du Moyenage)
Dear don Arístides:
The lines on the cover of this issue, 1943 issue of The American Weekly, are American writer and poet Phyllis Mc Ginley:
Fiestas are gala
In far Venezuela
That country of orchids and tropical skies,
With many a river
To wear in its quiver
And many a treasure to hold for a price.
A wide land, a proud land,
A richly-endowed land,
With gold for its owning, and coffee and pearls.
But best of the host of
Possesions it boasts of
Is lovely Constantia, fairest of girls.
When, wrapped in mantilla,
she looks from her villa,
What heart doesn´t flatter, what pulse doesn´t stir?
Ah, where is the Yankee
Who wouldn´t say "thank-ee"
And offer salute to a neighbor like her?
Titled "Glamorous Good Neighbors", the cover is decked out with a wonderful illustration of Henry Clive. A dilettante, Clive was a magician, silent film actor, Hollywood art director and painter of beautiful women. He illustrated AW magazine from the 1930s to the 1950s. Along with his picture "The Girl from Venezuela" is also published a poem of the same name by Phyllis McGinley, Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry in 1961 and member of the National Academy of Arts and Letters. 1
It is worth noting that the architecture seen at the rear of the deep tropical garden, behind its traditional Chaguaramo palms line is the southern facade of the Caracas Country Club.
Cordially yours,
señora Gómez
1. Taken from: etsy.com.
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