Timeless Sailingboat

by Pedro L Gili

Canvas Print

Framed Print

Art Print

Poster

Metal Print

Acrylic Print

Wood Print

Greeting Card

Title

Timeless Sailingboat

Artist

Pedro L Gili

Medium

Photograph - Photography

Description

I am standing upon the seashore.
A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze
and starts for the blue ocean.
She is an object of beauty and strength,
and I stand and watch until at last she hangs
like a speck of white cloud
just where the sea and sky come down to mingle with each other.
Then someone at my side says,
" There she goes! "

Gone where?

Gone from my sight . . . that is all.

She is just as large in mast and hull and spar
as she was when she left my side
and just as able to bear her load of living freight
to the place of destination.

Her diminished size is in me, not in her.

And just at the moment
when someone at my side says,
" There she goes! "
there are other eyes watching her coming . . .
and other voices ready to take up the glad shout . . .

" Here she comes! "

Henry van Dyke

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WINNER in "PHOTOGRAPHY OF BOATS OR SHIPS" FAA Contest, (1st place), February 2013
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WINNER in "BOATS AND SHIPS" FAA Contest, (1st place), June 2013
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3rd place in "SOME OF YOUR BEST WORK" FAA Contest, February 2013
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Note: The "Fine Art America" watermark does not appear in the final print.
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