Napier a Few Pictures / Hastings Too

 Napier 

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White waves upon the ocean

Will beat a path to where I roam

For in my heart there is a presence

And I will call that presence home

Darryn John Murphy 1970

All the world's a stage,

And all the men and women merely players,

They have their exits and their entrances,

And one man in his time plays many parts,

His acts being seven ages.

William Shakespeare 1564-1616 

 

I never understand how man could dare

To watch a city shaken to the ground

    To feel the tremors, here the tragic sound,

    of houses twisting, crashing everywhere,

    And not to be conquered by despair.

    Although his buildings crumble to a mound

    of worthless ruins, man has always found

    The urge to build a stronger city there.     

anon. penned after the 1931 Napier Hastings earthquake.

Hastings 

Next only a few pictures with Spanish & Art Deco influence.