The god of this great vast, rebuke these surges, Which wash both heaven and hell; and thou that hast... Upon the winds command, bind them in brass, Having called them from the deep! O, still Thy deaf'ning dreadful thunders, gently quench Thy nimble sulphurous flashes!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term--meaning that the creation of a simple photo...graph would entail as much time and effort as the production of a good watercolor or etching--there would be a vast improvement in total output. The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
What a vast fraternity it is,--that of 'Hearts that Ache.' For the last three months it has seemed to me as though all society wer...e coming to me, to drop its mask for a moment and initiate me into the mystery. How we do suffer! And we go on laughing; for, as a practical joke at our expense, life is a success.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The Sea of Faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore... Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled. But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating, to the breath Of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
No one could begin to mop up this particular mess. Thunder lay down in the heart.... "My child, I love any vast electrical disturbance."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
For later in the vast gloom of cities, only there you learn How the ideas were good only because they had to die,... Leaving you alone and skinless, a drawing by Vesalius.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »