Na casa da praia havia um desenho de John Falter. Não fazia a mínima ideia de quem era, mas o traço chamou-me à atenção. A wikipedia serve para estas coisas e fiquei a saber que John Falter (1910-1982) foi, durante muitos anos, um dos principais autores de capas do Saturday Evening Post. Das muitas, e bonitas que vi, escolhi esta, de 14.8.1948, já lá vão 67 anos... O ar festivo dos banhistas vai a par com as palavras de Robert Graves.
Louder than gulls the little children scream
Whom fathers haul into the jovial foam;
But others fearlessly rush in, breast high,
Laughing the salty water from their mouthes-
Heroes of the nursery.
The horny boatman, who has seen whales
And flying fishes, who has sailed as far
As Demerara and the Ivory Coast,
Will warn them, when they crowd to hear his tales,
That every ocean smells of tar.
Whom fathers haul into the jovial foam;
But others fearlessly rush in, breast high,
Laughing the salty water from their mouthes-
Heroes of the nursery.
The horny boatman, who has seen whales
And flying fishes, who has sailed as far
As Demerara and the Ivory Coast,
Will warn them, when they crowd to hear his tales,
That every ocean smells of tar.
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