The landscape listens

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D e e p   S o u t h   S u n s e t

McDonough, Georgia

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There's a certain Slant of light,

Winter Afternoons --

That oppresses, like the Heft

Of Cathedral Tunes --

Heavenly Hurt, it gives us --

We can find no scar,

But internal difference,

Where the Meanings, are --

None may teach it -- Any --

'Tis the Seal Despair --

An imperial affliction

Sent us of the Air --

When it comes, the Landscape listens --

Shadows -- hold their breath --

When it goes, 'tis like the Distance

On the look of Death --

~Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)~

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A calmer trance

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R a y s

Lake Murray

Columbia, South Carolina

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Hasten not; the feast will wait.

This is a master-night without a morrow.

No chill and haggard dawn, with after-sorrow,

Will snuff the spluttering candle out,

Or blanch the revellers homeward straggling late.

Before the rout

Wearies or wanes, will come a calmer trance.

Lulled by the poppied fragrance of this bower,

We'll cheat the lapsing hour,

And close our eyes, still smiling, on the dance.

~George Santayana (1863-1952)~

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A rather large amount

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B e h o l d e n

Fort Jackson National Cemetery

Columbia, South Carolina

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Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.

~A.A. Milne (1882-1956)~

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Time will say nothing

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T h e   F i r e   B e f o r e   N i g h t

Columbia, South Carolina

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Time will say nothing but I told you so,
Time only knows the price we have to pay;
If I could tell you I would let you know.

If we should weep when clowns put on their show,
If we should stumble when musicians play,
Time will say nothing but I told you so.

There are no fortunes to be told, although,
Because I love you more than I can say,
If I could tell you I would let you know.

The winds must come from somewhere when they blow,
There must be reasons why the leaves decay;
Time will say nothing but I told you so.

Perhaps the roses really want to grow,
The vision seriously intends to stay;
If I could tell you I would let you know.

Suppose the lions all get up and go,
And all the brooks and soldiers run away;
Will Time say nothing but I told you so?
If I could tell you I would let you know.

~W.H. Auden (1907-1973)~

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I want to go where they went

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I   L i c k   Y o u   A   L o t

Rambo

Columbia, South Carolina

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If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.

~Will Rogers (1879-1935)~

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