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allthingseurope:

Loch Ard, Scotland (by ouldm01)

There’s a certain slant of light,On winter afternoons,That oppresses, like the weightOf cathedral tunes.Heavenly hurt it gives us;We can find no scar,But internal differenceWhere the meanings are.None may teach it anything,‘Tis the seal, despair, -An imperial afflictionSent us of the air.When it comes, the landscape listens,Shadows hold their breath;When it goes, ‘t is like the distanceOn the look of death.
- Emily Dickinson

allthingseurope:

Loch Ard, Scotland (by ouldm01)

There’s a certain slant of light,
On winter afternoons,
That oppresses, like the weight
Of cathedral tunes.

Heavenly hurt it gives us;
We can find no scar,
But internal difference
Where the meanings are.

None may teach it anything,
‘Tis the seal, despair, -
An imperial affliction
Sent us of the air.

When it comes, the landscape listens,
Shadows hold their breath;
When it goes, ‘t is like the distance
On the look of death.

- Emily Dickinson

(via outdoorsanctuaries)

7 February 2012 reblog: allthingseurope poetry Scotland nature light