terça-feira, 16 de novembro de 2010

"TO HELEN"

by Edgar Allan Poe, 1848


I saw thee once- once only- years ago:

I must not say how many- but not many.

It was a July midnight; and from out

A full-orbed moon, that, like thine own soul, soaring,

Sought a precipitate pathway up through heaven,

There fell a silvery-silken veil of light,

With quietude, and sultriness, and slumber,

Upon the upturned faces of a thousand

Roses that grew in an enchanted garden,

Where no wind dared to stir, unless on tiptoe-

Fell on the upturn'd faces of these roses

That gave out, in return for the love-light,

Their odorous souls in an ecstatic death-

Fell on the upturn'd faces of these roses

That smiled and died in this parterre, enchanted

By thee, and by the poetry of thy presence.



Clad all in white, upon a violet bank

I saw thee half reclining; while the moon

Fell on the upturn'd faces of the roses,

And on thine own, upturn'd- alas, in sorrow!



Was it not Fate, that, on this July midnight-

Was it not Fate, (whose name is also Sorrow,)

That bade me pause before that garden-gate,

To breathe the incense of those slumbering roses?

No footstep stirred: the hated world an slept,

Save only thee and me. (Oh, Heaven!- oh, God!

How my heart beats in coupling those two words!)

Save only thee and me. I paused- I looked-

And in an instant all things disappeared.

(Ah, bear in mind this garden was enchanted!)



The pearly lustre of the moon went out:

The mossy banks and the meandering paths,

The happy flowers and the repining trees,

Were seen no more: the very roses' odors

Died in the arms of the adoring airs.

All- all expired save thee- save less than thou:

Save only the divine light in thine eyes-

Save but the soul in thine uplifted eyes.

I saw but them- they were the world to me!

I saw but them- saw only them for hours,

Saw only them until the moon went down.

What wild heart-histories seemed to he enwritten

Upon those crystalline, celestial spheres!

How dark a woe, yet how sublime a hope!

How silently serene a sea of pride!

How daring an ambition; yet how deep-

How fathomless a capacity for love!



But now, at length, dear Dian sank from sight,

Into a western couch of thunder-cloud;

And thou, a ghost, amid the entombing trees

Didst glide away. Only thine eyes remained;

They would not go- they never yet have gone;

Lighting my lonely pathway home that night,

They have not left me (as my hopes have) since;

They follow me- they lead me through the years.

They are my ministers- yet I their slave.

Their office is to illumine and enkindle-

My duty, to be saved by their bright light,

And purified in their electric fire,

And sanctified in their elysian fire.

They fill my soul with Beauty (which is Hope),

And are far up in Heaven- the stars I kneel to

In the sad, silent watches of my night;

While even in the meridian glare of day

I see them still- two sweetly scintillant

Venuses, unextinguished by the sun!



-THE END-

outdoor unauthorized movie session




Projection, Solaris by Andrei Tarkovski



June, the 29th

quinta-feira, 11 de novembro de 2010

Nicarágua invade Costa Rica e culpa Google Maps

Segundo diversas agencias de notícias internacionais, um erro nos mapas do Google Maps pode ser o responsável pelo recente conflito entre os governos da Costa Rica e Nicarágua.

Nas imagens do Google, o território nicaraguense se estende até as margens de um rio, enquanto os mapas oficiais dizem que a Costa Rica tem soberania nas duas margens do rio.

Em resposta ao ocorrido, o Google declarou em seu blog para a América Latina que "existe uma inexatidão na demarcação da fronteira entre Costa Rica e Nicarágua e está trabalhando para atualizar a informação" o quanto antes.

Daniel Helft, diretor de comunicação, políticas e assuntos públicos do Google para a região, afirmou também em um comunicado que o envolvimento do Google é uma tentativa de encontrar uma explicação pela invasão.

"Apesar de os mapas do Google terem uma altíssima qualidade e a companhia trabalhar constantemente para melhorar e atualizar as informações existentes, eles de nenhuma maneira podem ser tomados como referência no momento de decidir ações militares entre as duas nações" disse executivo.

Comentários

first_second 122p: (sic) "Até o exército tem iPhone, preciso de um".

@CMATEUSTECH: (sic) "Isso sim é um exercito trapalhão ... kkkkkkkkk"

beagle: (sic) "Nossa, ta ate parecendo aquele povo que busca trabalho na internet, trabalho pronto, e dai so imprime e nao ta correto e culpa o cara que fez o trabalho ainda!! haha credo, os caras se baseiam num mapa. Deviam fazer um estudo profundo, nota-se a competencia desse exercito. Capaz de levar uma invasao e nem perceber".

Marcio Rodrigues: (sic) "Já pensou se o GPS de mísseis nucleares utilizasse os mapas do Google. Mais foi uma atitude muito irresponsável dos comandantes desta missão".