Twas Ever Thus

Grafiti below the bridge on the Norwottuck Rail Trail Bridge in Northampton…. I took this photo when we were out on the Connecticut River on our Moomba.  A sense of peace on the water overwhelms me and the photography on the water just seems to “pop”

“’twas ever thus”
a quote derived from a poem written in 1817 

Oh! ever thus, from childhood’s hour,  
     I’ve seen my fondest hopes decay; 
I never lov’d a tree or flower,  
     But ’twas the first to fade away. 
I never nurs’d a dear gazelle,     
  To glad me with its soft black eye, 
But when it came to know me well,      
 And love me, it was sure to die! Now too —
 the joy most like divine      
Of all I ever dreamt or knew, 
To see thee, hear thee, call thee mine, —       
 Oh misery! must I lose that too?

I really like it in black & white
Sweet Shot Day

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Nancy Peck Cook is a trainer and speaker who has presented in front of large and small audiences for the past 25 years.  Her work as an executive and volunteer trainer for the American Cancer Society during the growth of the signature activity Relay For Life trained professionals to be more confident and successful in their roles. 

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