Over and Underwater Photography

The Lonely Beauty of a Lighthouse

The Light

by Hattie Vose Hall 

I am the light, holding Nightly my torch on high; under me surge the waters, over my bends the sky.

Year after year I stand here Holding my steady light, sending its ray of comfort Into the darkest night.

Many a man has served me, tending the Light with care, many a vanished footstep passed by my winding stair.

Years pass and men pass with them, never my light grows dim, one hands the torch to another, others will follow him.

So are the centuries moving, still serving men am I, constant through gales of winter calm beneath summers sky.

Lights are the hope of seamen, warning of rock and shoal, we are the danger-stations, we are the sea-patrol!

Strong Waves Crashing into the Portland Head Lighthouse, Maine

The Portland Head Lighthouse is located in Ft. Williams Park, Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The District of Maine was a part of Massachusetts when the merchants of Portland first petitioned Boston for a lighthouse in 1786. Built with light rubble stone and lime, Portland Head was a 72 foot tower that first shone its light in January of 1791.