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… By what unnatural ignorance is it that you do so deny her? By what unnatural pride is it that you do so ignore her? By what unnatural selection is it that you do so seek to dethrone her? For know you that she is everywhere, and in every thing, now, and will always be. …
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… Do you know not of her fragility, her dance with nature, behold, a true wonder Do you know not of the delicateness of that Dale over yonder? Do you know not of that which seems immutable, perpetual, unchanging? That which the foolish would desecrate, and pillage, and plunder, and all, all, for their…
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… Then, be as the most beloved of Queens unto others. For if this be your kingdom, if this be your rule, then you shall prevail over the pretender. For if this be your covenant, if this be your bond, then you shall pity the subjugator. • Buckingham Palace, Buckingham Palace Gate & Queen Victoria…
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… Remember Talavera. Remember. Remember the souls whom on stone were unneedfully dashed Remember the brave whom in battle a Serpent they crushed Remember the sacrificed in a war they called victory Remember the scars that were left, never seen, only empty. Remember Talavera. Remember. Remember this battle, and more such as these, in times…
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… yet everyone is not for God Just as God is for all, yet all are not for God. • Real Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Guadalupe, Extremadura, ESP ~ 8 September 2023 ——*Photography: Original and sourced.
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… A poem by C.S. LEWIS : I heard in Addison’s Walk a bird sing clear: This year the summer will come true. This year. This year. Winds will not strip the blossom from the apple trees This year, nor want of rain destroy the peas. This year time’s nature will no more defeat you,…
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• New College & New College Chapel, Oxford, England, U.K. ~ 30 July 2023
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… Bright, bright, blazing, brightest star of mineHaste, haste, quicken, across the all divine Dark, dark, denseness, never hindering your wayLight, light, lightning, asunder parts the day Glory, glory, glorious, in eclipse over starry ovationSing, sing, sings, my soul unto God, and all of creation. • Edmond Halley’s House & Bridge of Sighs, New College…
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… if he were to come again Would they Would the trees dance, would the birds sing, would the stars brighten Would they Would the clouds roar, would the earth quiver, would the oceans hush Would they If such a man were to come again And would those, as those of the last, repeat their…
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… She is my light, my darkness, my twilight madness, Me, the littlest of motes, flying on sunbeams, among the darkness. They may snuff out the sun, or even stop time, in every variation, Still, there she will be, to save, and save again, my always salvation. For from no man, nor beast, nor Devil,…