Posts Tagged: waterways
Breeze of words
On September 27, 2015
- Culture of Industry
"Sweet breeze of secret words, which, penetrating through my ears to my heart woke Love, who was sleeping there ..." (Anonymous, Aura soave; English by J.G. Paton) Brussel (B)
Sailing
On March 22, 2015
- Landscapes
"Boats sail on the rivers, And ships sail on the seas; But clouds that sail across the sky Are prettier far than these." (Chr. Rossetti from Sing-song; a nursery rhyme book) Neuville-sous-Huy (B)
Crossing in trouble
On March 3, 2014
- Transport
“Ain’t talkin’, just walkin’
I’ll burn that bridge before you can cross
Heart burnin’, still yearnin’
They’ll be no mercy for you once you’ve lost.”
(Bob Dylan in Ain’t talkin’)
Lanaken (B)
The sleeping boat
On February 9, 2014
- Landscapes
"My soul is an enchanted boat,
Which, like a sleeping swan, doth float
Upon the silver waves of thy sweet singing ..."
(P.B. Shelley in Prometheus unbound)
Angleur (B)
Row me a boat
On December 26, 2013
- Street Scenes
“The water is wide an’ I can’t cross over
Neither have I wings to fly
Build me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row my love an’ I.”
(Bob Dylan in The water is wide)
Liège (B)