.

Radiance and

Shadows

.

.

At dawn

He was

and is

.

.

Night the beginning

.

.

Today is yesterday

Tomorrow

Forever

.

Tonight the stars arise

Origin

Night excludes

Governance the moon

Entry

Recession

Length both brief and long

Origin

Night excludes

Governance the moon

Evening

Tonight the stars arise

Entry

Recession

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This day in November, the twenty-sixth,

One month before Christmas, the rain pours outside.

North, my grandchildren live, east, their

Great-grandmother. One time, one place.

Eternity. What was and will be.

Restrained. A rose that blooms.

Leisurely, the present appears.  

One month before Christmas, the rain pours outside.

North, my grandchildren live, east, their

Great-grandmother. One time, one place.

Eternity. What was and will be.

This day in November, the twenty-sixth,

Eternity. What was and will be.

Restrained. A rose that blooms.

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They were likened to ghosts

Observed – ‘vanish like spectres’

Natives diminished – in less than the period of one

Generation they will not have a single untenanted spot left

Extermination

Revenge – ‘They bear a deadly animosity to the white inhabitants’

Lately they have commenced a system of destruction, which if preserved in, will involve many families in utter ruin, by destroying houses and barns by fire

Observed – ‘vanish like spectres’

Natives diminished – in less than the period of one

Generation they will not have a single untenanted spot left

Extirpate the white inhabitants. They entertain no such idea.

They were likened to ghosts

Effective

Refined – ‘moving to various places with almost incredible swiftness’

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They had a perfect horror

Of everything connected with religious instruction

Non-committal

God made

Everything

Robinson heard him say

Language not understood

On Sundays they appeared at ‘divine service’

Non-committal

God made

Everything

Tongue may have been subversive

Enduring

Remnant

“Behind him was the unbeaten remnant of one of history’s most enduring people.”

(see Reynolds & Clements, Tongerlongeter)

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Timeless time

Open sky

Numbing certainty

Ghostly

Evangelism

Revealed unrevealed

Living

Open sky

Numbing certainty

Ghostly

Evangelism

Timeless time

End

Revealed unrevealed

.

They shall grow not

Old as we that are left grow old Age shall not weary them

Nor the years condemn At the

Going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them

English poet Laurence Binyon

Remembrance

Lest We Forget

Only take heed to thyself and keep thy soul diligently lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen

National pride

God

Engraved

Tongerlongeter

Exodus

Reveal

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