Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jayanand, Thank you for the link to the poem, that's beautiful. On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 9:32 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Quan Tran. blog: http://fluxlux.blogspot.com/