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I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. Genesis 9:13 RAINBOW - SYMBOL OF A COVENANT BETWEEN GOD AND…

"...love is strong as death..."

Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A…

The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.

Psalm 93 The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that…

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. / Genesis 2:24

30 days until our wedding!

Cello suite on the shore of Lake Balaton

The Sky over London

London is a roost for every bird. Benjamin Disraeli

Te lucis ante terminum

Te lucis ante terminum, rerum Creator, poscimus, ut solita clementia, sis praesul ad custodiam. Procul recedant somnia, et noctium phantasmata: hostemque…

The City of Dreaming Spires

I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember, the place is so beautiful. One almost expects the people to sing instead of speaking. It is all…

...she had a song of 'willow'...

DESDEMONA: My mother had a maid call'd Barbara: She was in love, and he she loved proved mad And did forsake her: she had a song of ‘willow;’ An old thing ‘twas…

...ere the bat hath flown...

… ere the bat hath flown His cloister'd flight, ere to black Hecate's summons The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums Hath rung night's yawning peal, there…

Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs...

No matter where; of comfort no man speak: Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs; Make dust our paper and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the…

Hamlet

Not a whit, we defy augury: there's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it…

Holy Bible

Or despisest thou the riches of his goodnesse, and forbearance, and long suffering, not knowing that the goodnes of God leadeth thee to repentance? Romans 2:4

The flower that once has blown for ever dies

Oh, come with old Khayyam, and leave the Wise To talk; one thing is certain, that Life flies; One thing is certain, and the Rest is Lies; The Flower that once…

Crypt

"Den Erlenkönig mit Kron und Schweif?" – "Mein Sohn, es ist ein Nebelstreif."

Der Erlkönig by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Wer reitet so spät durch Nacht und Wind? Es ist der Vater mit seinem Kind; Er hat den Knaben wohl in dem Arm, Er faßt…

Happy Birthday to the Most Charming Pianist in the World!

Lívia Rév, 96!

Let me be again an Oxford Methodist!

Let me be again an Oxford Methodist! John Wesley The founder of Methodism, John Wesley was born on June 17, 1703 Wesley Memorial Church, Oxford Oxford is known…

Rainbow

I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. Genesis 9:13

Dedicated to Erik Satie

17 May 1866 – Paris Everyone will tell you that I am not a musician. That is correct. / Erik Satie Erik Satie - Gnossienne No. 1 [youtube.com]