Elvis Presley Green, Green Grass of Home
Elvis recorded it March 11, 1975.
The old home town looks the same,
As I step down from the train,
And there to meet me is my mama and papa
Down the road I look and there runs Mary
Hair of gold and lips like cherries
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home
Yes, they'll all come to meet me,
Arms reaching, smiling sweetly
Oh It's good to touch the green, green grass of home
The old house is still standing,
Though the paint is cracked and dry
And there's that old oak tree that I used to play on
Yeah Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary
Hair of gold and lips like cherries
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home
Yes, they'll all come to meet me,
Arms reaching, smiling sweetly
Oh It's good to touch the green, green grass of home
Then I awake and look around me
Four gray walls that surround me
And I realize that I was only dreamin'
There's a guard and there's a sad old padre
Arm and arm we'll walk at daybreak
Again I'll touch the green, green grass of home
Yes, they'll all come to see me
In the shade of that old oak tree
As they lay me beneath the green, green grass of home
Conductor Franz Liszt Hull Julius Electric Chair Nicole Zcherzinger
Psalm 37:1 "Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity."
“Elizabeth Bennet, had been obliged, by the scarcity of gentlemen, to sit down for two dances”~~~Jane Austen
Franz Liszt was an
Austro-Hungarian composer, conductor and pianist from the 19th century.
Women and men alike went crazy whenever they saw him play. Liszt even
had a phenomenon, “Lisztomania” named after him to describe the intense
fan frenzy!
Claudio Abbado (1933-2014), was an Italian conductor. He served as music
director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of
the London Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor of the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra, music director of the Vienna State Opera, and
principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra from 1989 to
2002. He was known for his Germanic orchestral repertory as well as his
interest in the music of Rossini and Verdi.
El Álamo Denmark House of Tiles Lernaean Hydra Baptists Psalm 30:1 [[A Psalm and Song at
the dedication of the house of David.]] I will extol thee, O LORD; for
thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
Denmark
Sounion, Athens, Greece
El Alamo, San Antonio, texas
El Alamo, San Antonio, Texas
Candice Swanepoel in Costa Rica
Chess: "El Álamo" "Denmark" "House of Tiles " "Lernaean Hydra" "Baptists"
In Greek mythology, the Lernaean Hydra (Greek: Λερναῖα Ὕδρα) was an ancient serpent-like water monster with reptilian traits. It possessed many heads –
the poets mention more heads than the vase-painters could paint – and
for each head cut off it grew two more 'Cut off one head, Two more shall
take it's place'. It had poisonous breath and blood so virulent that
even its tracks were deadly.[1] The Hydra of Lerna was killed by Heracles as the second of his Twelve Labours. Its lair was the lake of Lerna in the Argolid, though archaeology has borne out the myth that the sacred site was older even than the Mycenaean city of Argos since Lerna was the site of the myth of the Danaids. Beneath the waters was an entrance to the Underworld, and the Hydra was its guardian.[2]
The Hydra was one of the offspring of Typhon and Echidna (Theogony, 313), both of whom were noisome offspring of the earth goddess Gaia.[3]
The Grand Canal The Cedars of Lebanon The Stones of Venice Venice Psalm 29:5 "The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon."
The Grand Canal Venice is one of the most famous masterpieces of Turner. The painting shows his typical oil painting style. The oil painting depicted Venice
in a sunny day. The sea was calm and tranquil, masts stood over the
water. The details of the landscape were painted exactly and carefully.
The painting color was bright and cheerful. The oil painting style is
simple and magnificent. The whole painting composition was covered with
golden light. We can see the flourishing scene in Venice.
Forest of the cedars of God
Monastery of Qozhaya of St Anthony the Great is considered to be one of the oldest monasteries of the valley of Qadisha.
Chess: "The Grand Canal" "The Cedars of Lebanon" "The Stones of Venice" "Venice"
The mountains of Lebanon were once shaded by thick cedar forests and the tree is the symbol of the country. After centuries of persistent deforestation, the extent of these forests has been markedly reduced.[2] It was once said that a battle occurred between the demigods and the
humans over the beautiful and divine forest of Cedar trees near southern
Mesopotamia.[3] This forest, once protected by the god Enlil,
was completely bared of its trees when humans entered its grounds 4 700
years ago, after winning the battle against the guardians of the
forest, the demigods.[3] The story also tells that Gilgamesh used cedar wood to build his city. Over the centuries, cedar wood was exploited by the Phoenicians, the Egyptians, the Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Persians, the Romans, the Israelites and the Turks.[2][3]
The Phoenicians used the Cedars for their merchant fleets. They needed
timbers for their ships and the Cedar woods made them the “first sea
trading nation in the world”[4]
The Egyptians used cedar resin for the mummification process and the
cedar wood for some of “their first hieroglyph bearing rolls of
papyrus”.[4] King Solomon procured cedar timber to build his temple in Jerusalem.[5] However the Emperor Hadrian claimed these forests to be an “imperial domain”, and destruction of the cedar forests was temporarily halted. Concern for the biblical "cedars of God" goes back to 1876, when the
102-hectare (250-acre) grove was surrounded by a high stone wall, paid
for by Queen Victoria, to protect saplings from browsing by goats.[1] Nevertheless during World War I, British troops used cedar to build railroads.[4]
Time, along with the exploitation of the Cedars’ wood, has led to a
decrease in the number of Cedar trees in Lebanon. However Lebanon is
still known for its Cedars, as they are the emblem of the country and
the symbol of the Lebanese flag.[5]
The trees survive in mountainous areas, where they are the dominant
tree species. This is the case on the slopes of Mount Makmel that tower
over the Kadisha Valley,
where the Cedars of God are found at an altitude of more than 2,000
metres (6,600 ft). Four trees have reached a height of 35 metres
(115 ft). and their trunks are 12–14 metres (39–46 ft) around.
