Sunset Shimmer lies upon chips.
At Tintern, in Wales.
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Transept of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire by Joseph Mallord William Turner
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A Time of Blessing
Stone, Light and Prayer #5
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Those “white monks”*
Saw into the life of things**
The slowness of the centuries
Now returns
A time of blessing
From which all might learn.
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*the “white monks” were Cistercian monks
**a deliberate allusion to Wordsworth’s poem ‘Lines written a few miles above Tintern Abbey’
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Carl Gustav Carus (German, 1789-1869)
Tintern Abbey, n.d.
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The romantic ruins of Tintern Abbey have inspired poets & painters.
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Grave of John Lee (d. 1825, aged 103), Mathern, Monmouthshire; 28.8.2018
JOHN LEE is dead that good old man
We ne’er shall see him more
He used to wear an old drab coat
All button’d down before
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Tintern Abbey, Wales (by Bob)
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Tintern Abbey (oil on canvas) | Carl Gustav Carus
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Spring Parade is next to chips. And fish and peas.
At Tintern, in Wales.
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While with an eye made quiet by the power
Of harmony, and the deep power of joy,
We see into the life of things.
William Wordsworth, Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, On Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour. July 13, 1798
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Carl Gustav Carus - Tintern Abbey
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A Time to be Given
A Time to be Given
Stone, Light and Prayer #4
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These moments
Are not to be possessed
By the snapshots of those
Who arrive then quickly leave
It is a time to be given
Quietly
Gently
A time to receive.
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1.
The time was right
Light poured through
The emptiness of air
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