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the "Bright Light" of Helen
the "Bright Light" of Helen
PennyStreet


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Challenge: Edgar Allan Poe (Expert Editing)
Collection: 2011
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
Date: Oct 31, 2011
Aperture: f2.8
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/1000 sec
Galleries: Black and White, Horror
Date Uploaded: Nov 3, 2011

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The end of the second poem Poe wrote called To Helen:

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!

Statistics
Place: 54 out of 88
Avg (all users): 5.6333
Avg (commenters): 7.6000
Avg (participants): 5.9070
Avg (non-participants): 5.4805
Views since voting: 961
Views during voting: 277
Votes: 120
Comments: 10
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 11/11/2011 01:36:33 AM
Wonderful Penny, brazenly poignant.
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 11/10/2011 07:48:19 PM
Inspiring, well done.
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 11/10/2011 07:06:06 PM
Congrats on the PH. Helen is bright.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/10/2011 05:13:27 PM
fascinating

I'm hanging this in my fantasy gallery

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 11/10/2011 04:12:48 PM
Talking yet not being heard.
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 11/08/2011 02:22:56 PM
Negligently beautiful. 7. Thank you.
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 11/05/2011 09:28:13 AM
Like this in a weird way,which may be the only way.
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 11/04/2011 06:23:07 PM
Oddly appealing
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 11/04/2011 10:10:38 AM
I think this photo might be overlooked if the audience is speedily clicking through images to vote. They would only be missing out because this photo has much more depth than meets the instant eye. Well done.
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 11/03/2011 08:52:43 PM
This truly is outstanding...it just keeps growing on me
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