Sir Walter Raleigh, the Adventurer:
"Can you imagine what it is to cross an ocean?
For weeks, you see nothing but the horizon, perfect and empty.
You live in the grip of fear. Fear of storms. Fear of sickness on board. Fear of the immensity.
So you must drive that fear down deep into your belly, study your charts, pray for a fair wind, and hope. Pure, naked, fragile...hope."
Queen Elizabeth:
"Go on, Mr. Raleigh. You were… hoping."
Raleigh:
"At first it's no more than a haze on the horizon. So you watch. You watch. And there's a smudge. A shadow on the far water.
For a day.
For another day.
The stain slowly spreads along the horizon taking form until on the third day, you let yourself believe.
You dare to whisper the word
…land.
Land.
Life.
Resurrection.
A true adventure coming out of the vast unknown, out of the immensity, into new life.
That, Your Majesty, is the New World."
--From Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Woman • Warrior • Queen
www.elizabeththegoldenage.net
2 comments:
Gorgeous! Just read a memoir on the first woman to sail solo across the Pacific - what a journey - one women like you and me are well familiar with!
What a splendid thing to find you here again, T. And what a great piece. A lot to think about with this one. Thanks.
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