#the city in the sea

[weirdlookindog]

"While from a proud tower in the town Death looks gigantically down"- Edgar Allan Poe

Frederick Simpson Coburn (1871 - 1960) - The City in the Sea, 1901

#frederick simpson coburn #edgar allan poe #the city in the sea #horror #fantasy #death in art #art #illustration

[poetsmatter]

Lo! Death has reared himself a throne In a strange city lying alone Far down within the dim West, Where the good and the bad and the worst and the best Have gone to their eternal rest. There shrines and palaces and towers (Time-eaten towers that tremble not!) Resemble nothing that is ours. Around, by lifting winds forgot, Resignedly beneath the sky The melancholy waters lie.

No rays from the holy heaven come down On the long night-time of that town; But light from out the lurid sea Streams up the turrets silently— Gleams up the pinnacles far and free— Up domes—up spires—up kingly halls— Up fanes—up Babylon-like walls— Up shadowy long-forgotten bowers Of sculptured ivy and stone flowers— Up many and many a marvellous shrine Whose wreathéd friezes intertwine The viol, the violet, and the vine. Resignedly beneath the sky The melancholy waters lie. So blend the turrets and shadows there That all seem pendulous in air, While from a proud tower in the town Death looks gigantically down.

There open fanes and gaping graves Yawn level with the luminous waves; But not the riches there that lie In each idol's diamond eye— Not the gaily-jewelled dead Tempt the waters from their bed; For no ripples curl, alas! Along that wilderness of glass— No swellings tell that winds may be Upon some far-off happier sea— No heavings hint that winds have been On seas less hideously serene.

But lo, a stir is in the air! The wave—there is a movement there! As if the towers had thrust aside, In slightly sinking, the dull tide— As if their tops had feebly given A void within the filmy Heaven. The waves have now a redder glow— The hours are breathing faint and low— And when, amid no earthly moans, Down, down that town shall settle hence, Hell, rising from a thousand thrones  Shall do it reverence.

The City in the Sea by Edgar Allan Poe

#poem #poe #edgar allan poe #the city in the sea #poetry

[darkness-and-books]

Reading Edgar Allan Poe while listening to Iron Maiden goes hard

#edgar allan poe #iron maiden #the city in the sea #Wasting love

[barbarian15]

The City in the Sea

by Edgar Allan Poe

Lo! Death has reared himself a throne

In a strange city lying alone

Far down within the dim West,

Where the good and the bad and the worst and the best

Have gone to their eternal rest.

There shrines and palaces and towers

(Time-eaten towers and tremble not!)

Resemble nothing that is ours.

Around, by lifting winds forgot,

Resignedly beneath the sky

The melancholy waters lie.

No rays from the holy Heaven come down

On the long night-time of that town;

But light from out the lurid sea

Streams up the turrets silently—

Gleams up the pinnacles far and free—

Up domes—up spires—up kingly halls—

Up fanes—up Babylon-like walls—

Up shadowy long-forgotten bowers

Of sculptured ivy and stone flowers—

Up many and many a marvellous shrine

Whose wreathed friezes intertwine

The viol, the violet, and the vine.

Resignedly beneath the sky

The melancholy waters lie.

So blend the turrets and shadows there

That all seem pendulous in air,

While from a proud tower in the town

Death looks gigantically down.

There open fanes and gaping graves

Yawn level with the luminous waves;

But not the riches there that lie

In each idol’s diamond eye—

Not the gaily-jewelled dead

Tempt the waters from their bed;

For no ripples curl, alas!

Along that wilderness of glass—

No swellings tell that winds may be

Upon some far-off happier sea—

No heavings hint that winds have been

On seas less hideously serene.

But lo, a stir is in the air!

The wave—there is a movement there!

As if the towers had thrust aside,

In slightly sinking, the dull tide—

As if their tops had feebly given

A void within the filmy Heaven.

The waves have now a redder glow—

The hours are breathing faint and low—

And when, amid no earthly moans,

Down, down that town shall settle hence,

Hell, rising from a thousand thrones,

Shall do it reverence.

#edgar allen poe #poe #poem #poetry #the city in the sea

[oakendesk]

book cover - The City In The Sea - 1952

Edmund Emshwiller

#golden age art #book cover art #pulp art #pulp art 1952 #The City In The Sea #Ed Emshwiller art #byronrimbaud

[wonkanerds]

Curious books at the British museum ♥️📖🖤

#alwaysbooks #alwaysbooks ig #bookstagram #instagram #book dragon #book lover #bookish selfie #libro recomendado #bookish reel #bookish video #london #british museum #edgar allan poe #the selected works #the red masque of death #the city in the sea #reel #insta reels #ig reels #reelsinstagram #london tourist #literature travel #bookish travel #bookish vacation #travelling england #england #uk #love #beautiful book

[dauton]

#poe #edgarallanpoe #Youtube #the city in the sea #the fall of the house of usher

[zonaperdida]

"Lo! Death has reared himself a throne

In a strange city lying alone

Far down within the dim West,

Where the good and the bad and the worst and the best

Have gone to their eternal rest.

There shrines and palaces and towers

(Time-eaten towers that tremble not!)

Resemble nothing that is ours."

Edgar Allan Poe, The City in the Sea.

🖌️ Julius Dietz, Jugend #3, 1910.

#Edgar Allan Poe #The City in the Sea #Julius Dietz #Jugend

[chillyfeetsteak]

I first became fascinated with it a few years ago when I noticed it out an airplane window on a flight from Texas to Southern California. In an expanse of endless desert, suddenly, a vast body of water. When I got home, I immediately looked it up on a map. The Salton Sea.

It’s the largest landlocked body of water in California. It sits right on top of the San Andreas Fault at over 200 feet below sea level. It is more than twice as salty as the Pacific Ocean. It is completely toxic. And I had never heard of it before then.

(photo essay under the cut)

In the early 1900s the Colorado River was diverted through a series of irrigation canals in order to provide water for the farmlands of Imperial Valley. One of the head-gates broke during a flood, and the desert basin filled with water for 2 years before it was fixed. The unexpected lake soon became a popular vacation destination; it was stocked with fish, and resorts and hotels popped up along its shores. It became known as a great place for sport fishing, waterskiing, and yacht parties. Big name celebrities visited. At one point, it had more annual visitors than Yosemite.

Salton Sea has no outlet, and is only filled via agricultural runoff. As the water evaporated in the hot desert sun, the lake became more and more saline. Chemicals began to build up from the run off causing toxic algae blooms, and mass die-offs of fish and birds started in the 80s. By the 90s, the beaches were littered with fish gills and bird bones and the resorts were abandoned. The lake began to dry up as irrigation run-off was diverted away. The exposed lake bed is also toxic, and the high desert winds kick up the dust, making the air poisonous. 

Despite the unpleasant odor, the noxious air and the summer temperatures regularly reaching 120°, a renaissance of sorts began in the early 2010s. Artist and nomad colonies began to spring up around Salton Sea. Bombay Beach, once a popular resort destination, is now mostly a ghost town, but the folks who remain have turned the ruins on the shores into an outdoor art installation gallery where the found-art sculptures are cyclically destroyed by the elements and then replaced with new ones. Many of the houses and RVs in town are themselves art pieces.

In nearby Slab City, a settlement of off-the-grid lifestylers, you can find even more folk art. Salvation Mountain is a manmade hill painted with bright colors and bible verses and maintained by a community of volunteers. East Jesus is a sculpture garden and art installation. 

This past weekend my partner and I finally made the pilgrimage to the Sea. California has the benefit of being home to a huge array of biomes. In just a couple of hours you can travel from snowy mountain peaks to lush oases to endless sand dunes. Driving the hour or so south from Palm Springs towards Salton Sea is like driving towards the end of the world.

Bombay Beach especially enamored me. The beach is crusted with salt and millions of tiny shells and bones. It smells awful, like sewage and chemicals and low-tide and rotting fish. You drive out onto the beach and park anywhere amongst the sculptures and deteriorating resort ruins. The art feels raw in a way I haven’t experienced before. It reminds me of seeing paleolithic cave art. Humans made this, with no motivation other than to create something intriguing or beautiful or sad. Not much can live out here, but what you find fills me with a great adoration for humanity. Despite the asphyxiation of the natural world, the human spirit persists.

#im sure most people know about this place but i didnt so!! #i hated writing essays in school but now in my 30s i do it for fun apparently #photos are all mine except the first one #salton sea #bombay beach #slab city #salvation mountain

[northgazaupdates]

Artist Moataz Abu Sakran and his wife Mariam live in Gaza City with their baby girl Maria. Following the renewed assault on north Gaza, they have decided to evacuate north Gaza for safety in Egypt. Moataz writes,

We are in the sixth month of the war, under bombardment, hunger, and siege. My wife and I decided to evacuate to Egypt. The campaign I launched two months ago on GoFundMe aimed to rebuild our house. Unfortunately, it did not succeed much, but I will continue with it, but the priority now is my new campaign on PayPal. But it is only one month long and the amount to be collected will be allocated to travel costs (coordination) and providing the basic needs of my family when they arrive. Thank you for your support in any way.

Here is the link to donate. Please donate and/or share.

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#north gaza #gaza #gaza genocide #gaza strip #gaza under attack #free gaza #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #palestinian genocide #moataz abu sakran #gaza city #gaza under fire #gaza under genocide #gaza under bombardment #gaza under siege #free palestine #free free palestine

[ongawdclub]

S k y

#sky #trees #blue sky #landscape #city #sea #mountains #water #sunset

[letmeinimafairy]

Took me a long time, but here it is - Rapture from Bioshock on a slice of jade for @xxkyuubimonxx . It was a painstaking work, but it helped taking my mind off the war's "anniversary"

#bioshock #rapture #bioshock rapture #underwater #underwater city #kelp #algae #jellyfish #jade #minerals #miniature #painted stones #rock painting #painted rocks #sea #green #gemstone #my art #skyscraper

[fantastic-nonsense]

stop saying "Kaz would be jealous and possessive over Inej if he thought she and Tolya liked each other" no he wouldn't! Kaz isn't like that! He defends Inej's freedom, autonomy, and desires at every single turn in the books. He spends the entire duology pining over her and yet gives her every single chance he possibly can to walk out of his life forever if she wants. It's the foundational cornerstone of their entire relationship! It's why they work in the first place!

literally the only Crow who does petty jealousy is Wylan and that's that on that, folks

#six of crows #shadow and bone #s&b #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #kanej #wylan van eck #jesper fahey #wylan hendriks #wesper #otp: on the seas and in the city #otp: you can't kiss me from down there #(even if Kaz WAS jealous he'd never act on it. see: how he reacts to thinking about Jesper and Nina being able to hug Inej when he can't) #I am dead serious about Wylan being the jealous Crow though lol #Matthias thinks that he 'has no right' to think about what Nina did at the White Rose #Inej is super chill with Jesper having a crush on Kaz #and the rest of them are too busy pining and/or aggressively flirting to cover up their pining to worry about being jealous

[illustratus]

The City of Troy from the Sea by François-Louis Schmied

#françois louis schmied #art #city #troy #sea #odyssey #the odyssey #homer #the iliad #iliad #europe #european #history #trojan #greek #greece #ancient greece #ancient greek #mediterranean #classical #antiquity #ancient #architecture

[hack-saw2004]

ONE HOUR AGO: a beautiful birthday tribute for weelaunee forest defender tortuguita, who would've turned 28 today if atlanta police hadn't murdered them, from the walls of occupied siemens hall.

#free palestine #end aid to israel #current events #palestine genocide #let gaza live #west bank under attack #save palestine #bds movement #end the genocide #end the occupation #cal poly humboldt #california state polytechnic university #humboldt for palestine #humboldt county #arcata california #boycott divest sanction #from the river to the sea #free palestine in our lifetime #no one is free until we are all free #stop cop city #viva tortuguita #from turtle island to palestine occupation is a crime

[photographss-world]

#lighting #night #city #sky #rain #night sky #pics #art #landscape #scenery #nature #travel #amazing #aesthetic #beautiful photo #traveling #photagraphy #sea #lake