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Thursday, 13 April 2017

Andrew Marvell: Bermudas: An Imaginal Abundance ("golden Lamps in a green night")

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 Tulip tree | by AstridWestvang

Tulip tree [botanical gardens, Visby, Gotland]: photo by astrid westvang, 29 June 2007

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Mangga gedong gincu, a cultivar of mango, Mangifera indica, from Tomo, Sumedang, West Java, Indonesia: photo by W.A. Djamitko (Wie146), 21 October 2007

Larvik, fog | by AstridWestvang

Larvik, fog: photo by astrid westvang, 8 February 2008


Mango trees during a storm, Srimongal, Syrhet, Bangladesh
: photo by s_karr, 13 May 2009

 
Snow | by AstridWestvang

Snow [Larvik]: photo by astrid westvang, 27 December 2015
 
Snow | by AstridWestvang

Snow [Larvik]: photo by astrid westvang, 27 December 2015

Snow | by AstridWestvang

Snow [Larvik]: photo by astrid westvang, 27 December 2015
Andrew Marvell: Bermudas

Where the remote Bermudas ride
In th' Oceans bosome unespy'd,
From a small Boat, that row'd along,
The listning Winds receiv'd this Song.
What should we do but sing his Praise
That led us through the watry Maze,
Unto an Isle so long unknown,
And yet far kinder than our own?
Where he the huge Sea-Monsters wracks,
That lift the Deep upon their Backs.
He lands us on a grassy Stage;
Safe from the Storms, and Prelat's rage.
He gave us this eternal Spring,
Which here enamells every thing;
And sends the Fowl's to us in care,
On daily Visits through the Air.
He hangs in shades the Orange bright,
Like golden Lamps in a green Night.
And does in the Pomgranates close,
Jewels more rich than Ormus show's.
He makes the Figs our mouths to meet;
And throws the Melons at our feet.
But Apples plants of such a price,
No Tree could ever bear them twice.
With Cedars, chosen by his hand,
From Lebanon, he stores the Land.
And makes the hollow Seas, that roar,
Proclaime the Ambergris on shoar.
He cast (of which we rather boast)
The Gospels Pearl upon our Coast.
And in these Rocks for us did frame
A Temple, where to sound his Name.
Oh let our Voice his Praise exalt,
Till it arrive at Heavens Vault:
Which thence (perhaps) rebounding, may
Eccho beyond the Mexique Bay.
Thus sung they, in the English boat,
An holy and a chearful Note,
And all the way, to guide their Chime,
With falling Oars they kept the time.

Andrew Marvell (1621-1678): Bermudas, from Miscellaneous Poems,1681

Untitled | by Lyd.ium

Berlin, Columbiadamm: photo by Lyd.ium, 2016


Pineapple | by AstridWestvang

Pineapple [Palma, Mallorca]: photo by astrid westvang, 3 April 2017

Untitled | by Rammy Narula

[Untitled]: photo by Rammy Narula, 8 May 2015

Untitled | by Rammy Narula

[Untitled]: photo by Rammy Narula, 8 May 2015

Untitled | by Rammy Narula

[Untitled]: photo by Rammy Narula, 8 May 2015


A pink flamingo is pictured at the zoo of Mulhouse. Photo Sébastien Bozon: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 12 April 2017


 Workers rest after unloading mangoes at the Gaddiannaram Fruit Market on the outskirts of Hyderabad. Photo @noahseelam: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 12 April 2017


Mangoes #9a: After the Fruit Bats: photo by Like Jazz, 4 January 2010

 

Golden Mango: photo by Charlie C. Tan (CharlieBrown8989), 23 May 2006



Mango peel: photo by jeja83, 5 January 2010



Mango peel: photo by Todd Ogasawara (Todd O.), 18 August 2007



Mango: photo by David Brooks (DavidNBrooks), 28 February 2011



Mangoes. Atlacomulco, Mexico: photo by Karen (KarenSaraGaches)Like Jazz, 1 July 2007


Mangoes for Y.D. #1: photo by Like Jazz, 16 January 2010


Mangoes #10a: After the Fruit Bats: photo by Like Jazz, 4 January 2010



Mango and sticky rice stand, Bangkok: photo by Kat n Kim, 5 August 2009



Mango tango! (Bangkok): photo by Kat n Kim, 15 May 2009


Genip and mango, Jamaica. Fruit was everywhere... : photo by Chris Kilroy (justuff), 26 July 2012


Eggs mango and a phone call ((haiti myles of hope 2012 mission): photo by Chris Kilroy (justuff), 28 June 2012


Mango Delight (CKBS, Narendapur, Kolkata): photo by Vijaykhaitan, 19 May 2013



Nothing left but Mango peel (CKBS, Narendapur, Kolkata): photo by Vijaykhaitan, 19 May 2013


83_043_large Eric Fischl | by lianaventura2004

83_043_large Eric Fischl: photo by Liana Olindina Rosado Ventura, 25 September 2009

(Realismo Contemporaneo) Fischl - badboy | by -kasbardum-

(Realismo Contemporaneo) Fischl - badboy: photo by Daniel Reinberg, 4 January 2015


Eric Fischl (2) | by ad_utrumque

Fischl (2): photo by ad_utrumque, 4 March 2017


bad_boy-fischl | by 7714

bad_boy-fischl: photo by 7714, 26 January 2011


Fischl_badboy | by KristerLevander2012

Fischl_badboy
: photo by Krister Levander, 6 October 2012


Eric Fischl (9) | by marupress

Eric Fischl (9)
: photo by maru press, 20 January 2011


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Lychees,
Réunion Island. Lychees are fruits of a tree (Litchi chinensis) belonging to the family of Sapindaceae. Fruits derive from flowers with 2 (or sometimes 3) carpels. Usually only one carpel develops, but we may find some twin lychees when both carpels develop: photo by b. Navez, 6 January 2008


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Mangos (Mangifera indica) in an orchard, Réunion Island: photo by B. navez, 6 February 2008

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Cosmos sulfureus flowers, Réunion Island: photo by B. navez, 30 March 2008

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Dombeya acutangula flowers and a honey bee (Apis mullifera)
collecting pollen: photo by B. navez, February 2008


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Hibiscus flower (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis), in my garden, Réunion Island: photo by B. navez, 12 January 2008

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Levant's Cotton Flower (Gossypium hirsutum), l'Etang Salé forest, western shore of Réunion Island: photo by B. navez, 31 May 2006

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Hibiscus boryanus (orange flower variety), Réunion Island: photo by B. navez, 25 February 2006
 
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Tens of thousands of Sooty Terns (Oncyoprion fuscatus syn.
Sterna fuscata), circulating above nesting areas in the steppes of Europa Island
: photo by B. navez, July 2005


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Frigatebirds on Europa Island: Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor),
male with red throat; and Lesser Frigatebird (Frigata ariel), with white chest: photo by B. navez, July 2005

 
Untitled | by Lyd.ium

Berlin, Gropiusstadt: photo by Lyd.ium, 28 May 2013


Untitled | by Lyd.ium

Berlin: photo by Lyd.ium, November 2014


they have arrived | by Lyd.ium

they have arrived. Berlin, Spreeufer: photo by Lyd.ium, April 2014

1 comment:

billoo said...

Tom,

I'm so disappointed you didn't put any pictures up of the king of mangoes (Chaunsa). Ho hum. Okay, back to the poem now...

:-)