Wednesday, June 29, 2011

His Song Quiets the Stars

This is pulp fantasy illustrator Virgil Finlay's style applied to the Edgar Allen Poe poem Israfel, written in 1831, about an angel who has the sweetest voice of all God's creatures, 'his song quiets the stars'.

Virgil Finlay — Israfel — 1938

2 comments:

maharelillo said...

This is awesome, thank you for sharing.

Bob said...

Such beautiful work!