A sonnet sequence charting love, its consummation, and its loss under the shadow of death and art.
Books that mention The House of Life (2)
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton: “Suddenly, among them, he lit on a small volume of verse which he had ordered because the name had attracted him: "The House of Life."”
The American Diary of a Japanese Girl by Yoné Noguchi: “Dante Gabriel Rosetti buried his ‘House of Life,’ because they were not for a gaping millionaire’s wife, but only for his own little wife.”