Tuesday, July 14, 2009

But You, Holy Song ...


Henry Peach Robinson, Seashore and Clouds, albumen print, 1870


Gustave Le Gray, Seashore, Lighthouse, Clouds, Le Havre, albumen print, 1856


Gustave Le Gray, Seashore and Clouds, Sete, albumen print 1857


Carlo Baldessare Simelli, Clouds with Dome, Rome, albumen print, 1860


Adolphe Braun, Gorner Glacier, albumen print, 1863


Gustav Jaegermayer, Pasterze Glacier, albumen print, 1863


Gustav Jaegermayer, Crystal glacier, albumen print, 1863


Gustav Jaegermayer, Pasterze Glacier, albumen print 1863


but you, holy song,
and poor sailor seeking the familiar,
look to the stars,
seacoasts,
the black forest whispers,
the gently gazing mountains,
the crystal-ice, and snow.

...

Friedrich Holderlin, fragment from Hymns and Songs