Never Melt

The soft blue sky did never melt

Anish Kapoor’s Sky Mirror, Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham, NG1

Into his heart; he never felt
The witching of the soft blue sky!

From William Wordsworth’s Peter Bell (1888)

The Most Real Things in the World

Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus.

Weymouth Terrace, Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, E2

The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see.

From Francis Pharcellus Church’s Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus (1897)

Long Forgtten Hands

There is a temple in ruin stands,

Dunston Road, Haggerston, Hackey, E8

Fashion’d by long forgotten hands.

From Lord Byron’s Siege of Corinth (1816)