Binding with Briars My Joys & Desires: A garden of bourgeois pseudo-intellectual musings. A blog of intelligent beauty. By: An annoyingly curious undergraduate in the humanities. “And the gates of this Chapel were shut, And ‘Thou shalt not’ writ over the door; So I turned to the Garden of Love That so many sweet flowers bore. And I saw it was filled with graves, And tombstones where flowers should be; And Priests in black gowns were walking their rounds, And binding with briars my joys & desires.” - William Blake Disclaimer: None of the photographs are owned by myself unless otherwise stated.Tumblr (3.0; @preraphaeliteoftheforest)http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbwh8bDaXY1qmc07eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://4dele.tumblr.com/post/33590664005/untitled-by-esther-jung-on-flickr">4dele</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/estherjung/5207528488/" title="untitled">untitled</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/estherjung/">esther jung</a> on Flickr.</p> </blockquote>http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/51100685608http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/51100685608Wed, 22 May 2013 23:28:38 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/42017815ef3b61ecf8cb6b755342a471/tumblr_mj5j1576gK1qinh1vo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4a8e8c656c550c2f6495ddb62d04d720/tumblr_mj5j1576gK1qinh1vo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/86168b1622641943f5420c2afb14ea11/tumblr_mj5j1576gK1qinh1vo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9c29fe29e4ae8900786f02ff9bb1b6ca/tumblr_mj5j1576gK1qinh1vo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/51084690127http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/51084690127Wed, 22 May 2013 19:51:14 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/647e29bbd393e974d90db58cf16b5ac1/tumblr_mgxzq1bIRB1qavznro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://inlovewithberni.tumblr.com/post/41039844947/lily-cole-photographed-by-frederic-sofinaya">inlovewithberni</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Lily Cole photographed by Frederic Sofinaya wearing Lacroix.</p> </blockquote>http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/51084476516http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/51084476516Wed, 22 May 2013 19:47:46 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ccd48e00d45af21951d65341b71a83d1/tumblr_mfv6b4XNCP1rnvkqeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/51083995649http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/51083995649Wed, 22 May 2013 19:39:56 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a1bc8754b7b36431c18e64786d8de84f/tumblr_mn0d2tpqRy1qcfwlgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/51083894571http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/51083894571Wed, 22 May 2013 19:38:15 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/813887b6a57584d7355ed126cda13774/tumblr_mn4n6aWDXS1rod5zjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://beautifulbizzzzarreart.tumblr.com/post/50959231739/katarzyna-piela">beautifulbizzzzarreart</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Katarzyna Piela</span></p> </blockquote>http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/50967712468http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/50967712468Tue, 21 May 2013 05:29:46 +0100can you say stunning?<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m69e3bXg9u1qla0bso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/50967594763http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/50967594763Tue, 21 May 2013 05:27:56 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9c7662703bfedaa598af826d6a4a4757/tumblr_mlsbpkXQr01qb30dwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>Ocean View, Sweden | via <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/241013017530923332/">rebecca</a></p> </blockquote>http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/50967461645http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/50967461645Tue, 21 May 2013 05:25:50 +0100“It’s a most distressing affliction to have a sentimental heart and a skeptical mind.”<br/><br/> - <em><span>Naguib Mahfouz</span>  (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thatkindofwoman.tumblr.com/">thatkindofwoman</a>)</em>http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/50967311134http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/50967311134Tue, 21 May 2013 05:23:30 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/30ef2f385778e39755b75be95676b426/tumblr_mkzjfsfbxB1qakafjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mezzaluna.me/post/47536488783">m3zzaluna</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>romerberg square in the old town district of frankfurt am main, germany, </span><span>circa 1925</span></p> <p><span>photo by fox photos/ stringer/ getty images</span></p> </blockquote>http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/50703293601http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/50703293601Sat, 18 May 2013 04:51:09 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c2e766177f48297e4744323db18a43ae/tumblr_mls9hbJvgL1qecsumo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/50703007847http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/50703007847Sat, 18 May 2013 04:46:53 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ps1sle8n1r6nm6ao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://petitpoulailler.tumblr.com/post/50519728352/aisling">petitpoulailler</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://other-wordly.tumblr.com/post/23909361200/aisling">other-wordly</a>: <span>pronunciation | </span><a href="http://other-wordly.tumblr.com/pronunciation"> ‘ash-ling\</a></p> </blockquote>http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/50574241384http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/50574241384Thu, 16 May 2013 14:04:43 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyjc3gFwlq1rndkojo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/50465371800http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/50465371800Wed, 15 May 2013 02:56:18 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll2eebdFWy1qzjm43o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/50465264304http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/50465264304Wed, 15 May 2013 02:54:57 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/aa50d48915aaf1ef244cd8576b51d754/tumblr_mmsxk3rwrP1rqc6hco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mfjr.tumblr.com/post/50447888693">mfjr</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>George Frederick Watts, </span><em>Choosing,</em><span> detail, c. 1864, </span></p> </blockquote>http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/50465022511http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/50465022511Wed, 15 May 2013 02:51:59 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6baf39d1993194c18d6a302312e13d08/tumblr_mmt6xjc1aW1roedt4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://colourthysoul.tumblr.com/post/50448355436/modesto-faustini-sogno-di-primavera-detail">colourthysoul</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Modesto Faustini - Sogno di Primavera (detail)</p> </blockquote>http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/50464957819http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/50464957819Wed, 15 May 2013 02:51:12 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/04748d794852bedf22a1f430e82677f4/tumblr_mk10kb8WOe1rxgx3eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/50464438917http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/50464438917Wed, 15 May 2013 02:44:52 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bd5d1f4f531a05fdb6d30739be58da1b/tumblr_mklmoq1yIY1r50ph3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/50464364458http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/50464364458Wed, 15 May 2013 02:43:57 +0100distancemy love“<p>Whose woods these are I think I know.<br/> His house is in the village though;<br/> He will not see me stopping here<br/> To watch his woods fill up with snow.</p> <p>My little horse must think it queer<br/> To stop without a farmhouse near<br/> Between the woods and frozen lake<br/> The darkest evening of the year.</p> <p>He gives his harness bells a shake<br/> To ask if there is some mistake.<br/> The only other sound’s the sweep<br/> Of the easy wind and downy flake.</p> <p>The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,<br/> But I have promises to keep,<br/> And miles to go before I sleep,<br/> And miles to go before I sleep.</p>”<br/><br/> - <em>robert frost, aka: the man (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://wherethewildwordsgrow.tumblr.com/">wherethewildwordsgrow</a>)</em>http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/50464065456http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/50464065456Wed, 15 May 2013 02:40:19 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lms2qi1Vk01qftj8fo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rosettes.tumblr.com/post/42637593230/van-gogh">rosettes</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Van Gogh</p> </blockquote>http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/50463882475http://preraphaeliteoftheforest.tumblr.com/post/50463882475Wed, 15 May 2013 02:38:03 +0100