Sir Edwin Henry Landseer - Queen Victoria and Prince Edward, Franz Schubert - Unfinished symphony, William Wordsworth - The Solitary Reaper

Sir Edwin Henry Landseer spent a lot of time with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and they are often featured in his paintings.  This is a formal portrait of them in full costume.

 I found an interesting documentary on the life of Franz Schubert -
 Schubert documentary part 1
Schubert Documentary Part 2 
Schubert Documentary Part 3 

And a lovely and dramatic piece of his music - Schubert's Unfinished Symphony

The Solitary Reaper
by William Wordsworth
Behold her, single in the field, Yon solitary Highland Lass! Reaping and singing by herself; Stop here, or gently pass! Alone she cuts and binds the grain, And sings a melancholy strain; O listen! for the Vale profound Is overflowing with the sound. No Nightingale did ever chaunt More welcome notes to weary bands Of travellers in some shady haunt, Among Arabian sands: A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard In spring-time from the Cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings?— Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago: Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again? Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song could have no ending; I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending;— I listen'd, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.