I’m happiest when most away
I can bear my soul from its home of clay
On a windy night when the moon is bright
And the eye can wander through worlds of light —When I am not and none beside —
Nor earth nor sea nor cloudless sky —
But other spirit wandering wide
Through infinite immensity. 6–Emily Jane Bronte
Étretat Cliffs, Normandy, France. copyright©2014. luciledegodoy.com
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCE
Poem numbered is from the enumeration found in the definitive edition of The Complete Poems of Emily Jane Bronte, edited by C. W. Hatfield. New York: Columbia University Press, 1941.
6. 44. Feb. 1838
I love my solitude. I’ve written poetry about it too. Thanks for sharing Emily Bronte’s 🙂
Did you publish it on your blog? Where can i read yours? Thank you for visiting!
I didnt. None of my poetry up there, yet 🙂 That one was published a thousand years ago in Chinquapin 🙂
I enjoy your blog posts Lucile!
Hi Rachel! I will be waiting. I would love to read it. Heartfelt thanks! 🙂
I like this–I can picture myself in her shoes experiencing the sounds of the waves!
It’s by the way one of the places where the Americans arrived on D day. This place brings one to many reflections.
Lovely, and who better than Emily Bronte to put solitude into words? Thank you.
Thank you! Indeed, that is her! Thanks fir visiting.
You got me hooked with the poem. And then came the beautiful black and white image. I’m impressed 🙂
Hey, what are you doing here! It’s close of the play!!😉
Thanks. Iphone pic though; edited with iphoto. Simple photography.
An iPhone picture?! Oh dear… Why on earth did I buy a DSLR when an iPhone can do this? By the way, I’m the newest fan of your photography: I checked out your Instagram and it’s as awesome as I suspected! As to what I’m doing here, well, procrastinating I guess. Your holiday talk scared me into procrastinating here. 😉
Are you ready to learn something? This was from an iphone….4!
I have a 5 now and keep making good ones. This week I bought an external 4-1 lenses for iphone and can make macro, eye fish and wide angle photos.
But don’t think sn iphone can deliver what your camera does. Impossible.
It is a good solution for on the go photos, for people like me, who see stories in every scene and stop to capture it. I bike a lot and it would be too much to carry a DSLR. At maximum I bring a good quality compact one.
I still have a nikon fm, before digital existed, and i keep it just for the love between us. I’m considering to buy a DSLR though; which one do you have?
Ha! How did I miss your response before? My WordPress Notifications have been behaving idiosyncratic recently 😦 I’m still impressed by what an iPhone can do, 4 or otherwise. I do love on-the-go photos too and I used to take lots of these when I only had a compact camera that I kept on carrying on me at all times. Now that I have a DSLR, I stopped using the compact and my Samsung phone makes rather poor pictures. I only have an old small DSLR though, it’s Nikon D80, which I bought second-hand from a friend and chose it because it’s smaller and less heavy than the usual DSLRs. I’ll see what it can do when I FINALLY get down to reading the camera manual. Meanwhile I’m looking forward to more of you iphoneography 😀
Hey, I just spent the night awake waiting for your reply! Never mind! 😉 LOL
It’s impressive what these little things do but I tell you again. What you can do with yours, is much more! You have made stunning photos. I saw yours on Instagram and they are not less than great. Take a look at the new ebook on photography from WordPress, it might save you reading manuals. I downloaded it and will see the tricks they teach us. My husband and I are currently researching cameras, as we both love photography; an iPhone is too limited. He dropped our compact Canon… I may use again my old Nikon FM and develop some photos myself. For now…more iphoneography! Thanks!
Haha, thank you for encouragement and thank you for not sleeping because of me the entire night. It made me feel truly important. 😀
That’s the espirit! 😉
Emily Bronte………The master author of maximum ‘solitude’ in her writings !! beautiful pic and matching poetry. Superb ! 🙂
Thank you, Andy! I confess that the poem surpasses the pic in beauty.
i would disagree 🙂
You’re very kind. Thanks!
Love the clarity in that photo! Even the pebbles! And on an iPhone is even more amazing. I struggle to get clarity like this on mine. I’m about to buy those external lenses though. Do you like them?
Thank you! I used an iphone 4 when making this photo and didn’t use external lenses; they’re available for iphone 5 and 5s. I like it a lot, it is surprisingly good. I haven’t used much as I bought it recently.
Btw, the iphone 6 has the sane camera as the 5s.
That’s a lovely shot Lucille. Great composition.
Taak! 😉
Poema maravilhoso!!! Tocou minha alma…
As fotos então… Nem se fala
Adorei a repaginada do blog. Parabéns!!! Bjs
Oi querida! Obrigada. Esse blog é novo em folha. Deixei o google. Estou terminando a versão em português que devo lançar antes de ir para o Brasil. Bjs
LUCILE,
Belo poema para uma composição fotográfica idem.
Pena não ter achado nenhuma tradução na língua de Camões para compartilhar.
Abraço fraterno,
Beto.
Beto,
Obrigada. De fato, o pema é muito bonito. Quando terminar de atualizar o site em português, sera mais fácil compartilhar. Tenha uma boa semana.
Abraços,
Lucile
LUCILE, pode apagar o último comment. Pensei que você estava comentando no meu blog… Sorry!
AQ.
Nice picture. I enjoy these scenarios; sitting on a beach close to the shore, watching out to sea spying ships in the distance and wondering where they are heading from/to. The sound of the water on the stones and seagulls squawking overhead. grey skies threatening rain, the wind whips around you and you pull your coat closer. A wonderful day on the shore.
Beautiful! Thanks for posting your thoughts here!
Your welcome.
Thanks for the visit to my blog and liking post Photography 101: Triumph. Best wishes and prayers
I like your photo. The woman looking to the sea fits perfectly to the monochrome style. Well done!
2 years ago, I visited Etretat, too. Here are my results: https://solaner.wordpress.com/2012/04/25/monuments-created-by-mother-nature/