Posts in Category: religious objects
The empty shrine
“There is a shrine whose golden gate
Was opened by the Hand of God;
It stands serene, inviolate,
Though millions have its pavement trod;
As fresh, as when the first sunrise
Awoke the lark in Paradise.”
(Digby Mackworth Dolben in The shrine)
Liège (B)
A retrospective
“Goin’ up to the spirit in the sky
That’s where I’m gonna go when I die
When I die and they lay me to rest
I’m gonna go to the place that’s the best.”
(Norman Greenbaum in Spirit in the Sky)
Soumagne (B)
Die trockene Andacht
“Ich will mich erinnern
dass ich nicht vergessen will …
Ich will mich erinnern
an alles was man vergisst..”
(Erich Fried)
Voroux-Lez-Liers (B)
Neighbours
“The man that is open of heart to his neighbour,
And stops to consider his likes and dislikes,
His blood shall be wholesome whatever his labour,
His luck shall be with him whatever he strikes.
The Splendour of Morning shall dully possess him,
That he may not be sad at the falling of eve.
And, when he has done with mere living–God bless him!–
A many shall sigh, and one Woman shall grieve!”
(R. Kipling in Neighbours)
Jemeppe-sur-Meuse (B)