Sunday, February 1, 2026

A Winter Ride

                                                                                          
Who shall declare the joy of running!  
Who shall tell the pleasures of flight! 
Springing and spurning the tufts of wild heather
Sweeping, wide-winged, through the blue dome of light. 

Everything mortal has moments immortal, 
Swift and God gifted, immeasurably bright
So with the stretch of the white road before me, 
Shining snowcrystals rainbowed by the sun,

Fields that are white, stained with long, cool, blue shadows
Strong with the strength of my horse as we run. 
Joy in the touch of the wind and the sunlight
Joy! With the vigorous earth I am one. 
Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925)

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