_rancois
“O dark dark dark. They all go into the dark,
The vacant interstellar spaces, the vacant into the vacant,
The captains, merchant bankers, eminent men of letters,
The generous patrons of art, the statesmen and the rulers,
Distinguished civil servants, chairmen of many committees,
Industrial lords and petty contractors, all go into the dark”
(East Coker, III)
Groenesteeg Cemetery lies on a small island surrounded by canals on the eastern end of Leiden. No famous poets or musicians lie buried under these gravestones, but "de Eere der Burgerij", the cream of early XIX century Leiden bourgeoisie: industrials, traders, administrators, explorers, scientists. So Dutch...
Yesterday, light was sharp and crystal clear, so I grabbed my camera and ran out to take some close shots of Groenesteeg's gravestones.
_rancois
“O dark dark dark. They all go into the dark,
The vacant interstellar spaces, the vacant into the vacant,
The captains, merchant bankers, eminent men of letters,
The generous patrons of art, the statesmen and the rulers,
Distinguished civil servants, chairmen of many committees,
Industrial lords and petty contractors, all go into the dark”
(East Coker, III)
Groenesteeg Cemetery lies on a small island surrounded by canals on the eastern end of Leiden. No famous poets or musicians lie buried under these gravestones, but "de Eere der Burgerij", the cream of early XIX century Leiden bourgeoisie: industrials, traders, administrators, explorers, scientists. So Dutch...
Yesterday, light was sharp and crystal clear, so I grabbed my camera and ran out to take some close shots of Groenesteeg's gravestones.