Tag: restless sea

  • After a storm comes a calm….

    After a storm comes a calm….

    It’s been some eighteen months since Renaissance was resurrected, and a new theme beckoned. In appearance it’s vaguely similar to my old one, but behind is some of the latest website technology introduced by WordPress. Apologies for the delay in getting it up and running, it just takes a little longer for us septuagenarians to…

  • Beached

    Beached

    The shadowy splendour of an autumn skyWas radiant with the hues of parting day;The glorious sun seemed loth to leave the west,That glowed like molten gold–a saffron seaFretted with crimson billows, whose rich tintsGave to the rugged cliff and barren heath…By Walter De La Mare

  • Seascape

    Seascape

    The gull sails softly thro’ the air,For all is calm and still below;Peace, blessed peace is ev’rywhere,And all regret the recent throe. Thomas Frederick Young

  • Steps To Natural Erosion

    Steps To Natural Erosion

    These crumbling cliffs defeatured and defaced,These ruinous heights of sea-sapped walls that slideSeaward with all their banks of bleak blown flowersGlad yet of life, ere yet their hope subside … Algernon Charles Swinburne