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Monday 14 March 2016

ankara / John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester: Seneca's Troas, Act 2. Chorus

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And to that Mass of Matter shall be swept, / Where things destroy'd with things unborne are kept...:
 image via Al Jazeera Türk @AJTurk, 13 March 2016

John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester:  Seneca's Troas, Act 2. Chorus

After Death, Nothing is, and Nothing, Death,
The utmost Limit of a gasp of Breath:
Let the Ambitious Zealot lay aside
His Hopes of Heav'n (whose Faith is but his Pride)
...Let Slavish Souls lay by their Fear,
...Nor be concern'd which way, nor where,
...After this Life they shall be hurl'd,
Dead, we become the Lumber of the World,
And to that Mass of Matter shall be swept,
Where things destroy'd with things unborne are kept.
...Devouring Time swallows us whole,
Impartial Death confounds Body and Soul:
...For Hell, and the foul Fiend that rules
...God's everlasting fiery Gaols,
...Devis'd by Rogues, dreaded by Fools,
(With his grim griesly Dog, that keeps the Door,)
...Are sensless Stories, idle Tales,
...Dreams, whimsies, and no more.

John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647-1680):  Seneca's Troas, Act 2. Chorus. After Troades 397-408 (vol. 8); Poems on Several Occasions: By the Right Honourable, the E. of R---- ('Antwerp' (London), 1680, emending 'limits' (l.2), 'where' (l. 40, 'Friend' (l. 13)




Whose fault is it that this beautiful young lady was killed in #Ankara from the terrorist attack? PrayForAnkara #RIP: image via oRchee' @oRcheeInterista, 13 March 2016


#UPDATE: Ankara bombing toll rises to 34 dead, 125 injured: health minister
: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 13 March 2016

What's happening in Ankara? | by rogiro

What's happening in Ankara? Today a terrible bomb explosion shocked Ankara, the capital of Turkey
: photo by rogiro, 18 September 2005



Ankara: image via Al Jazeera Türk @AJTurk, 13 March 2016


 Ankara: image via Al Jazeera Türk @AJTurk, 13 March 2016


 Ankara: image via Al Jazeera Türk @AJTurk, 13 March 2016

 
 Ankara: image via Al Jazeera Türk @AJTurk, 13 March 2016


 Ankara: image via Al Jazeera Türk @AJTurk, 13 March 2016



Ankara: image via Al Jazeera Türk @AJTurk, 13 March 2016

In the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon | by austin granger

In the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
: photo by Austin Granger, 9 March 2016
 
Tree, Columbia River, Oregon | by austin granger

Tree, Columbia River, Oregon: photo by Austin Granger, 11 March 2016

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