Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may

flaming june painting
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may
girl with a pearl earring vermeer
Gustav Klimt Kiss painting
Head of Christ
Hylas and the Nymphs
'I only remember one part of the service,' he said, 'and that is, "And the body shall be cast into the sea." So cast it in.' ¡¡¡¡He ceased speaking. The men holding the hatch-cover seemed perplexed, puzzled no doubt by the briefness of the ceremony. He burst upon them in a fury. ¡¡¡¡'Lift up that end there! What the - 's the matter with you?' ¡¡¡¡They elevated the end of the hatch-cover with pitiful haste, and, like a dog flung overside, the dead man slid feet first into the sea. The coal at his feet dragged him down. He was gone. ¡¡¡¡'Johansen,' Wolf Larsen said briskly to the new mate, 'keep all hands on deck now they're here. Get in the topsails and outer jibs. We're in for a sou'easter. Reef the jib and the mainsail, too, while you're about it.' ¡¡¡¡In a moment the decks were in commotion, Johansen bellowing orders and the men pulling or letting go ropes of various sorts- all naturally confusing to a landsman such as myself. But it was the heartlessness of it that especially struck me. The dead man was an episode that was past, an incident that was dropped, in a canvas

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may"

Anonymous said...

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may"

Anonymous said...

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may"

Anonymous said...

"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may"

Anonymous said...

"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may"

Anonymous said...

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may"