Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lovely marriage of words and image. It brought to mind some lines from W.B.Yeats, on an Irish airman's thoughts on his love of flying, during World War 1: Nor law, nor duty bade me fight, Nor public men, nor cheering crowds, A lonely impulse of delight Drove to this tumult in the clouds; If you like to read the full poem, one of the greatest short poems in English Literature, it is here: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19414 The Irish airman referenced is Major Robert Gregory (who actually died as a pilot in the war), son of Yeats' most important patron, Lady Gregory. Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Quan Tran <quantran101 at gmail.com> wrote: > http://fluxlux.blogspot.com/2011/11/looking-to-west.html > > Thanks for looking, all comments and critiques are welcome. > -- > Quan Tran. > blog: http://fluxlux.blogspot.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >