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The Tower

"I'll be speaking to you sweetly from a window in the Tower of Song..." These lines from Leonard Cohen's beautiful tune Tower of Song came to my mind as a I strolled past this fine tower on a recent afternoon. The majestic edifice in all its glory stands in the grounds of Dublin Castle. Dublin City was in the midst of a balmy late September Indian summer on the day I took the photograph, hence the cloudless clear blue sky above the tower. Looking up to the window to take aim, I couldn't help but wonder whether princes kept the view.
Please do enjoy.

Thine shutterbug, bathed in humility,

Brian

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