Gnostic Dream

'Dream, Dream!'
The Angels scream,
'Nothing can be
As it doth seem,'

'Sleep, Sleep!'
The Angels weep,
'Nothing of Earth
Can mortals keep',

'Fly, Fly!'
T'was Man's reply,
To hold the Earth
And walk the Sky.

Son Tay Castle

Son Tay Castle, Vietnam. Built in the 1840s to defend against the lowly French.