Monday 29 July 2013

The Solitary Reaper at Mukhteshwar!




Behold her, single in the field,
Yon solitary Highland Lass!
Reaping and singing by herself;
Stop here, or gently pass!
Alone she cuts and binds the grain,
And sings a melancholy strain;
O listen! for the Vale profound
Is overflowing with the sound.
- William Wordsworth

Monday 3 June 2013

As majestic as the horse!


A thousand horse and none to ride! -
With flowing tail, and flying mane,
Wide nostrils never stretched by pain,
Mouths bloodless to the bit or rein,
And feet that iron never shod,
And flanks unscarred by spur or rod,
A thousand horse, the wild, the free,
Like waves that follow o'er the sea,
Came thickly thundering on,...
~Lord Byron, XVII, Mazeppa, 1818

Tuesday 1 January 2013

Sunrise in the Hills!


"There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope."
Bernard Williams