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Abbess Roding, Essex
Opposite the south wall is a tablet of a very unusual design. It is dated 1633 and commemorates Mildred, wife of Sir William Lucklyn, who is shown looking out from a curtained recess with her head reclining on her right hand while her left hand is on an open book. Cherubs are holding back the curtains and two angels are depicted about to place a crown on her head.
We boast no virtues, and we beg no tears ; O reader ; if thou hast but eyes and ears, It is enough ; but tell me, why Thou com'st to gaze ? is it to pry Into our cost, or borrow A copy of our sorrow ? Or, dost thou come To learn to die, Not knowing whom To practise by ? If this be thy desire, Then draw thee one step nigher ; Here lies a precedent — a rarer Earth never shew'd ; nor Heaven a fairer. She was — but room forbids to tell thee what— Sum all perfection up, and she was — that.
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View of the still used medivial castle in Rodes
Taken inside one of the language buildings along a side street in old town Rodes.
Playing with the x2 digitsl teleconverter on the E-M5 and the 50-200,giving a equivalent working focal length of 400mm.
Rather impressed.
I always like watching this chestnut tree and its magnificent blooms every year.
I could see nothing wrong with it unlike other trees nearby that look a bit dangerous.
Seems to have been a lot of cutting down on Roding valley meadow recently, I'm no expert by it seems not really to be thought about properly.