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velvet

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15. Mmmmm, stunning shot
Sun Mar 17, 2013, 09:15 AM
Mar 2013

Puts me in mind of a poem we learnt in primary school :

The Australian Sunrise
James Lister Cuthbertson

The Morning Star paled slowly, the Cross hung low to the sea,
And down the shadowy reaches the tide came swirling free,
The lustrous purple blackness of the soft Australian night,
Waned in the gray awakening that heralded the light;
Still in the dying darkness, still in the forest dim
The pearly dew of the dawning clung to each giant limb,
Till the sun came up from the ocean, red with the cold sea mist,
And smote on the limestone ridges, and the shining tree-tops kissed;
Then the fiery Scorpion vanished, the magpie's note was heard,
And the wind in the she-oak wavered, and the honeysuckles stirred,
The airy golden vapour rose from the river breast,
The kingfisher came darting out of his crannied nest,
And the bulrushes and reed-beds put off their sallow gray
And burnt with cloudy crimson at dawning of the day.

Here comes the Sun~ [View all] sheshe2 Mar 2013 OP
. baldguy Mar 2013 #1
Sweet rendition by Paul Simon. sheshe2 Mar 2013 #2
Wow. CosmicDustBunny Mar 2013 #3
That Is STUNNING! Scruffy Rumbler Mar 2013 #4
In the next few moments just after dawn ... In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #5
Beautiful! sheshe2 Mar 2013 #10
Just like our friendship ~ Beautiful. In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #12
A rose by any other name... sheshe2 Mar 2013 #13
An Orchid In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #14
This is a very positive sentiment and the view is breathtaking siligut Mar 2013 #6
New Dawn... sheshe2 Mar 2013 #11
""When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe" Grateful for Hope Mar 2013 #7
That is wonderful! Thank you, my dear sheshe2! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2013 #8
Glorious! Sekhmets Daughter Mar 2013 #9
Mmmmm, stunning shot velvet Mar 2013 #15
A beautiful poem, velvet. sheshe2 Mar 2013 #16
Very beautiful. Gregory Peck in "The Yearling" said "Hear comes the sun" when the storm broke... Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #17
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