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by William Waterhouse.

I photographed his painting in the Tate Britain.

THE LADY OF SHALOTT (1842)

By Alfred lord Tennyson

PART I

On either side the river lie

Long fields of barley and of rye,

That clothe the wold and meet the sky;

And thro' the field the road runs by

To many-tower'd Camelot;

And up and down the people go,

Gazing where the lilies blow

Round an island there below,

The island of Shalott.

Willows whiten, aspens quiver,

Little breezes dusk and shiver

Thro' the wave that runs for ever

By the island in the river

Flowing down to Camelot.

Four gray walls, and four gray towers,

Overlook a space of flowers,

And the silent isle imbowers

The Lady of Shalott.

By the margin, willow veil'd,

Slide the heavy barges trail'd

By slow horses; and unhail'd

The shallop flitteth silken-sail'd

Skimming down to Camelot:

But who hath seen her wave her hand?

Or at the casement seen her stand?

Or is she known in all the land,

The Lady of Shalott?

Only reapers, reaping early

In among the bearded barley,

Hear a song that echoes cheerly

From the river winding clearly,

Down to tower'd Camelot:

And by the moon the reaper weary,

Piling sheaves in uplands airy,

Listening, whispers " 'Tis the fairy

Lady of Shalott."

PART II

There she weaves by night and day

A magic web with colours gay.

She has heard a whisper say,

A curse is on her if she stay

To look down to Camelot.

She knows not what the curse may be,

And so she weaveth steadily,

And little other care hath she,

The Lady of Shalott.

And moving thro' a mirror clear

That hangs before her all the year,

Shadows of the world appear.

There she sees the highway near

Winding down to Camelot:

There the river eddy whirls,

And there the surly village-churls,

And the red cloaks of market girls,

Pass onward from Shalott.

Sometimes a troop of damsels glad,

An abbot on an ambling pad,

Sometimes a curly shepherd-lad,

Or long-hair'd page in crimson clad,

Goes by to tower'd Camelot;

And sometimes thro' the mirror blue

The knights come riding two and two:

She hath no loyal knight and true,

The Lady of Shalott.

But in her web she still delights

To weave the mirror's magic sights,

For often thro' the silent nights

A funeral, with plumes and lights

And music, went to Camelot:

Or when the moon was overhead,

Came two young lovers lately wed:

"I am half sick of shadows," said

The Lady of Shalott.

PART III

A bow-shot from her bower-eaves,

He rode between the barley-sheaves,

The sun came dazzling thro' the leaves,

And flamed upon the brazen greaves

Of bold Sir Lancelot.

A red-cross knight for ever kneel'd

To a lady in his shield,

That sparkled on the yellow field,

Beside remote Shalott.

The gemmy bridle glitter'd free,

Like to some branch of stars we see

Hung in the golden Galaxy.

The bridle bells rang merrily

As he rode down to Camelot:

And from his blazon'd baldric slung

A mighty silver bugle hung,

And as he rode his armour rung,

Beside remote Shalott.

All in the blue unclouded weather

Thick-jewell'd shone the saddle-leather,

The helmet and the helmet-feather

Burn'd like one burning flame together,

As he rode down to Camelot.

As often thro' the purple night,

Below the starry clusters bright,

Some bearded meteor, trailing light,

Moves over still Shalott.

His broad clear brow in sunlight glow'd;

On burnish'd hooves his war-horse trode;

From underneath his helmet flow'd

His coal-black curls as on he rode,

As he rode down to Camelot.

From the bank and from the river

He flash'd into the crystal mirror,

"Tirra lirra," by the river

Sang Sir Lancelot.

She left the web, she left the loom,

She made three paces thro' the room,

She saw the water-lily bloom,

She saw the helmet and the plume,

She look'd down to Camelot.

Out flew the web and floated wide;

The mirror crack'd from side to side;

"The curse is come upon me," cried

The Lady of Shalott.

PART IV

In the stormy east-wind straining,

The pale yellow woods were waning,

The broad stream in his banks complaining,

Heavily the low sky raining

Over tower'd Camelot;

Down she came and found a boat

Beneath a willow left afloat,

And round about the prow she wrote

The Lady of Shalott.

And down the river's dim expanse

Like some bold seër in a trance,

Seeing all his own mischance—

With a glassy countenance

Did she look to Camelot.

And at the closing of the day

She loosed the chain, and down she lay;

The broad stream bore her far away,

The Lady of Shalott.

Lying, robed in snowy white

That loosely flew to left and right—

The leaves upon her falling light—

Thro' the noises of the night

She floated down to Camelot:

And as the boat-head wound along

The willowy hills and fields among,

They heard her singing her last song,

The Lady of Shalott.

Heard a carol, mournful, holy,

Chanted loudly, chanted lowly,

Till her blood was frozen slowly,

And her eyes were darken'd wholly,

Turn'd to tower'd Camelot.

For ere she reach'd upon the tide

The first house by the water-side,

Singing in her song she died,

The Lady of Shalott.

Under tower and balcony,

By garden-wall and gallery,

A gleaming shape she floated by,

Dead-pale between the houses high,

Silent into Camelot.

Out upon the wharfs they came,

Knight and burgher, lord and dame,

And round the prow they read her name,

The Lady of Shalott.

Who is this? and what is here?

And in the lighted palace near

Died the sound of royal cheer;

And they cross'd themselves for fear,

All the knights at Camelot:

But Lancelot mused a little space;

He said, "She has a lovely face;

God in his mercy lend her grace,

The Lady of Shalott."

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And dreaming eyes of wonder!

Date: February 2022

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A bow-shot from her bower-eaves,

He rode between the barley-sheaves,

The sun came dazzling thro' the leaves,

And flamed upon the brazen greaves

Of bold Sir Lancelot.

A red-cross knight for ever kneel'd

To a lady in his shield,

That sparkled on the yellow field,

Beside remote Shalott.

The gemmy bridle glitter'd free,

Like to some branch of stars we see

Hung in the golden Galaxy.

The bridle bells rang merrily

As he rode down to Camelot:

And from his blazon'd baldric slung

A mighty silver bugle hung,

And as he rode his armour rung,

Beside remote Shalott.

All in the blue unclouded weather

Thick-jewell'd shone the saddle-leather,

The helmet and the helmet-feather

Burn'd like one burning flame together,

As he rode down to Camelot.

As often thro' the purple night,

Below the starry clusters bright,

Some bearded meteor, trailing light,

Moves over still Shalott.

His broad clear brow in sunlight glow'd;

On burnish'd hooves his war-horse trode;

From underneath his helmet flow'd

His coal-black curls as on he rode,

As he rode down to Camelot.

From the bank and from the river

He flash'd into the crystal mirror,

"Tirra lirra," by the river

Sang Sir Lancelot.

She left the web, she left the loom,

She made three paces thro' the room,

She saw the water-lily bloom,

She saw the helmet and the plume,

She look'd down to Camelot.

Out flew the web and floated wide;

The mirror crack'd from side to side;

"The curse is come upon me," cried

The Lady of Shalott

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At long last, we found the tree we had been pursuing for some time. Utterly contrasting with our first visit, the fine weather notwithstanding unclouded sky twisted the stunning daybreak.I'm awed by the vastness of foregrounds to frame with the solitary tree. It was a toss-up between spiking teeny mangrove roots and spattered rocks.

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UK Hadleigh Suffolk 2014 glass, window, stained, light, background, church, pattern, abstract, cross, color, religion, mosaic, yellow, colorful, texture, red, style, interior, green, black, decorative, transparent, symbol, textured, design, vector, translucent, orange, cathedral, spectrum, blue, illustration, craftsmanship, chapel, creative, art, shapes, multicolored, lines, white, diagonals, form, irregular, amber, stained-glass, blocks, shape, catholic, christian, backdrop, square, architecture, bright, faith, violet, reflection, brown, concept, decoration, spirituality, religious, ornament, stained glass window, sky, pastel, decline, stylization, sunlight, worship, indigo, craft, image, sunrise, detail, sunset, jesus, artwork, backgrounds, spiritual, arts, colors, fragility, cover, clouds, illuminated, material, indoors, setting, beautiful, spirit, render, gothic, building, sea, christianity, element, holy, crucifix, arch, digital, circle, sacred, christ, pink, vertical, old, star, vibrant, lit, plant, cell, effect, god, divine, celebration, confession, confirmation, eucharist, leaves, colored, crown, culture, flowers, architectural, wall, spotlight, stained glass, the passion, illustrations, lead, anointing, baptism, believe, cartoon, traditional, rose, leaded, father, ornamental, catechist, belief, abbey, unclouded, altar, heritage, inside, indoor, sunny, ray, pray, peace, resurrection, flash, glow, monastery, norman, protection, pard, shade, shiny, toned, stain, opaque, line, curve, back, day, elegance, handmade, eps10, bible, sacraments, reconciliation, seven, sick, stole, son, priesthood, priest, marriage, liturgical, matrimony, orders, penance, symbolic, teaching, scilly, saint agnes, uk, blocks brown, antique, rural, isles, unction, theology, windows, anglican, england, hand, twine, water, field, grass, acute, sun, ocean, template, tracery, web, cloud, angle, broken, part, piece, purple, rainbow, imitation, glaze, contour, crack, decorate, example, technology, structure, convergence, diamond, flower, geometric, connect, communication, advert, ball, blindness, commerce, grilles, icon, round, set, sign, simple, precious, net, jewelry, mark, mesh, modern, sample, shell, artistic, close, closeup, decor, places, ideas, awe, buildings, concepts, defined, elements, gold, crucifixion, death, ethereal, execution, christians, catholicism, graphic, illumination, 3d, bricks, weave, wallpaper, ear, fabulous, fantastic, fantasy, dynamic, corn, substrate, tile, braid, computer, fractal, futuristic, scythe, spin, tongue, tress, plash, plait, generated, kaleidoscope, magical, pigtail, heavenly

Tallest, suavest of us, why Memory,

forcing you to appear from the past, pass

down a train, swaying, to find me

clear profiled through the window-glass?

Angel or bird? How we debated!

The poet thought you like translucent straw.

Through dark lashes, your eyes, Georgian,

looking, with gentleness, on it all.

Shade, forgive. Blue skies, Flaubert,

Insomnia, late-blooming lilac flower,

bring you, and the magnificence of the year,

nineteen-thirteen, to mind, and your

unclouded temperate afternoon, memory

difficult for me now – Oh, shade!

Anna Akhmatova

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PHOTO:

Hotel "Dan Eilat" (just a fragment), Eilat, Israel.

Taken 06 January, 2007

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"We know that God is everywhere; but certainly we feel His presence most when His works are on the grandest scale spread before us; and it is in the unclouded night-sky, where His worlds wheel their silent course, that we read clearest His infinitude, His omnipotence, His omnipresence."

Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

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"Oh, how beautiful is the summer night, which is not night, but a sunless, yet unclouded, day, descending upon earth with dews and shadows and refreshing coolness! How beautiful the long mild twilight, which, like a silver clasp, unites today with yesterday!"

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

不只一次睡不著的時候

在萬籟俱寂的城市巷弄裡漫遊

唯有彼時

才能卸除偽裝

看清自己.

尤其是雨後的深夜

像是所有的都被洗淨

只剩下純粹通透的黑

不似白晝的灰

說不上的擦不掉的

那些

像矇上眼

才真正感覺到光亮的存在

走著走著

眼睛突然溫熱的看不清楚前方

大概是耳機裡聽見的旋律

撩撥起白天的千頭萬緒

它是這麼唱著的................

Once I was a prisoner

Lost inside myself

With the world surrounding me

Wandering through the misery

But now I am free...

You gave me a breath of life

Unclouded my eyes

With a sweet serenity

Lighting a ray of hope for me...

And now I am free...

Free to live

Free to laugh

Free to soar

Free to shine

Free to give

Free to love

Free enough to fly

Once I was all so alone

Unsteady and cold

But your love rained down upon me

Washing away uncertainty

But now

I am free

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ol7JWajXc8

On the upper level, above the Arcade concourse, stands a bronze statue of the former Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman, gazing in apparent wonder at the Barlow roof. Designed by British sculptor Martin Jennings, the statue commemorates the poet's successful campaign to save the station from demolition in the 1960s.[31][32] The 2-metre (6 ft 7 in)-high statue stands on a flat disc of Cumbrian slate inscribed with lines from Betjeman's poem Cornish Cliffs:

"And in the shadowless unclouded glare / Deep blue above us fades to whiteness where / A misty sea-line meets the wash of air."

—John Betjeman, Cornish Cliffs,

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Sir John Betjeman was responsible for saving the St Pancras station and the Chambers from demolition in the 1960's. In tribute to the famous poet and railway enthusiast an 8.5ft sculpture by Martin Jennings has been designed to celebrate the man and his poetry.

The poem at the base of the statue reads:

And in the shadowless unclouded glare

Deep blue above us fades to whiteness where

A misty sea-line meets the wash of air

In the distance you can see the famous St. Pancras Clock, which has been re-constructed by the original makers Dent and hangs high in the apex of the Barlow shed.

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These have been so difficult for me to capture. The lantana and red salvia blooms that they prefer are a little scarce right now -- the Sulphurs have been forced to land on the cosmos but they never stay very long -- they're off quickly and in search of something better to nourish themselves. I hadn't realized until this year how pretty they are -- they've always been just a flash of yellow across the sky -- but this season I've had the chance to really look at them and I think they're lovely. I need to do more research to determine whether I have the "clouded" or "unclouded" Sulphurs. I love that pink edging around the wings.

[Thanks to Roberta (Nature's Poetry) for noting that these are the "Clouded" Sulphur. Now that she has mentioned it, I think I see the difference -- I can see the "cloud" on the wings.]

Hot chocolate in front of the Christmas tree. Took with a 50mm f1.8

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" Child of the pure unclouded brow

And dreaming eyes of wonder!

Though time be fleet, and I and thou

Are half a life asunder,

Thy loving smile will surely hail

The love-gift of a fairy-tale "

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Explore, Feb 21.

John Betjeman, who helped to save St Pancras station from demolition in the 1960s, has been honoured with a seven-foot high bronze statue on the main concourse of the new station next to the arrival point of the Eurostar. The statue, created by Martin Jennings and commissioned by London and Continental Railways, owes its existence to the daughter of the late poet laureate and the keeper of her father's flame, Candida Lycett Green. The statue of the much loved people's poet was unveiled by Lycett Green and the poet laureate, Andrew Motion, on November 12th, 2007 will be seen by 50 million people a year.

The larger than life-size statue of Betjeman depicts him walking into the new station for the first time. He is looking up at the great arc of the train shed - which he always did because it took his breath away. He is leaning back and holding onto his hat, his coat tails billowing out behind him, caught by the wind from a passing train. He is carrying a Billingsgate fish basket containing books. There was some discussion about having Archie, Betjeman's beloved teddy bear, in the fish basket but it was felt that no one would know who he was.

Betjeman's son-in-law, Rupert Lycett Green, advised on all the tailoring quirks and Jennings has skilfully captured Betjeman's shabby appearance. His shoelace and scruffy collar are undone. He has knotted string for one shoelace. His right trouser leg is lower at the back.

The statue is standing on a disc of Cumbrian slate inscribed with Betjeman's name and dates and the words Who saved this glorious station. Round the rim, Jennings has chosen words from the poem Cornish Cliffs: And in the shadowless unclouded glare / Deep blue above us fades to whiteness where / A misty sea-line meets the wash of air; The lines aptly describe the arching roof of St Pancras station. Surrounding the statue and base is a series of satellite discs of various sizes set into the floor and hand-inscribed by Jennings with quotations from Betjeman's poetry.

The inscriptions on the discs are carved without the addition of poem titles. Jennings says: I want texts that have a particular meaning but also point to something bigger, so some hint at the joy of trains and travel and stations and architecture, some the seascapes at the other ends of the lines, and one or two the feelings of yearning associated with stations and life.

No poet has had a firmer place in the affections of all those who enjoy poetry than John Betjeman. The Dean of Westminster said at Betjeman's memorial service in 1984 that his death has eclipsed the gaiety of nations. Jennings' statue honours Betjeman the poet and conservationist. The public monument to a poet who gave so much pleasure to so many went on display to the public from November 14, 2007, when the new St Pancras station opened. As a further mark of respect, a pub called The Betjeman Arms was opened inside the station in 2008. The Lycett Greens have helped me over the years and they have become my surrogate family so I feel especially proud that the statue of Betjeman has been erected. Jennings' amazing work is a fitting tribute for a national icon.

From The Guardian, 22 October 2007.

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I Shall See God

"And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:"

Job 19:26

Mark the subject of Job’s devout anticipation “I shall see God.” He does not say, “I shall see the saints”—though doubtless that will be untold felicity—but, “I shall see God.” It is not—“I shall see the pearly gates, I shall behold the walls of jasper, I shall gaze upon the crowns of gold,” but “I shall see God.” This is the sum and substance of heaven, this is the joyful hope of all believers. It is their delight to see him now in the ordinances by faith. They love to behold him in communion and in prayer; but there in heaven they shall have an open and unclouded vision, and thus seeing “Him as He is,” shall be made completely like him. Likeness to God—what can we wish for more? And a sight of God—what can we desire better? Some read the passage, “Yet, I shall see God in my flesh,” and find here an allusion to Christ, as the “Word made flesh,” and that glorious beholding of him which shall be the splendour of the latter days. Whether so or not it is certain that Christ shall be the object of our eternal vision; nor shall we ever want any joy beyond that of seeing him. Think not that this will be a narrow sphere for the mind to dwell in. It is but one source of delight, but that source is infinite. All his attributes shall be subjects for contemplation, and as he is infinite under each aspect, there is no fear of exhaustion. His works, his gifts, his love to us, and his glory in all his purposes, and in all his actions, these shall make a theme which will be ever new. The patriarch looked forward to this sight of God as a personal enjoyment. “Whom mine eye shall behold, and not another (v27).” Take realizing views of heaven’s bliss; think what it will be to you. “Thine eyes shall see the King in his beauty [Isaiah 33:17].” All earthly brightness fades and darkens as we gaze upon it, but here is a brightness which can never dim, a glory which can never fade; “I shall see God.”

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The views of Mount Kilimanjaro dominate Amboseli National Park, creating fantastic contrasts on days when the shroud of clouds lifts, revealing its majestic snowy peak in all its glory.

Amboseli National Park is one of the best places to see elephants in Kenya with Maasai Mara National Reserve and Samburu National Park. In addition to the elephants, you are sure to see the zebra, gnu, hippopotamus, buffalo, spotted hyena, waterbuck, maasai giraffe, Thomson's and Grant's gazelle, impala, lion and cheetah.

It is a must to get some pictures of elephants grazing fresh grass from the swamps in front of the mount Kilimanjaro. To do so, you will need to wake up early (not later than 7 am) as the Kilimanjaro is becoming a mass of clouds after 10 am (even if the sky is blue and unclouded).

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