Thanks, Bob
That's my house, an old pub ("The Three Horseshoes"). The lit bay window is my
dining-room. You can just see the remains of a sign painted on the wall above
and to the left, "Royston Fine Ales and Bottled Stout".
A couple of later shots are from my sitting-room, one towards the bay window
The ISO was 12,800 for both night shots.
That is Invictus; I understand that he was poorly in hospital with TB, or later
perhaps when he was having an operation on his remaining foot.
"Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul. "
William Ernest Henley
Chris
On 6 Feb 2012, at 11:57, Bob Whitmire wrote:
> Nice. I rather like the second orange one. I also recall "Invictus" if
> it's the one that has to do with being captain of one's fate and
> master of one's soul.
>
> --Bob
>
>
> On Feb 5, 2012, at 11:28 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
>
>> We had a fairly heavy fall of snow last night and it has prompted me
>> to get out and take some photos:
>>
>> http://images.threeshoes.biz/Landscapes/Winter/14684316_Bpdbrt
>>
>> Four (starting with the orangey ones) are of my street and my house;
>> the orange cast is from the street lights as it was nearly 1100 when
>> I decided to go out and see the scene.
>>
>> The following few shots are from a nearby hamlet called Cockayne
>> Hatley, St John's Church and graveyard where we went for a walk in
>> the snow. The church is quite a handsome one, especially outlined
>> with snow, but the graveyard contains the gravestone of William
>> Ernest Henley. I didn't really know of him until I first found the
>> grave some years ago, but he has written some well-known poems,
>> including "Invictus".
>
> --
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