Selamat hari ulang tahun!
A Boy’s Song
With lifted feet, hands still,
I am poised, and down the hill
Dart, with heedful mind;
The air goes by in a wind.
I am poised, and down the hill
Dart, with heedful mind;
The air goes by in a wind.
Swifter and yet more swift,
Till the heart with a mighty lift
Makes the lungs laugh, the throat cry:
“O bird, see; see, bird, I fly!
Till the heart with a mighty lift
Makes the lungs laugh, the throat cry:
“O bird, see; see, bird, I fly!
Is this, is this your joy?
O bird, then I, though a boy,
For a golden moment share
Your feathery life in air!
O bird, then I, though a boy,
For a golden moment share
Your feathery life in air!
Say, heart, is there aught like this
In a world that is full of bliss?
‘Tis more than skating, bound
Steel-shod to the level ground.
In a world that is full of bliss?
‘Tis more than skating, bound
Steel-shod to the level ground.
Speed slackens now, I float
Awhile in my airy boat;
Till, when the wheels scarce crawl,
My feet to the treadles fall.”
Awhile in my airy boat;
Till, when the wheels scarce crawl,
My feet to the treadles fall.”
Alas, that the longest hill
Must end in a vale; but still,
Who climbs with toil, wheresoe’er,
Shall find wings waiting there.
Must end in a vale; but still,
Who climbs with toil, wheresoe’er,
Shall find wings waiting there.
Henry Charles Beeching
(1859-1919)
Vandaag viert ook vriendin Rose-Marie haar verjaardag voor de 65ste keer, nu in Wenen. Over deze stad las ik gisteren dat het de beste woonplek ter wereld is. En mijn nichtje Linde is tien jaar geworden. Beiden van harte gefeliciteerd!
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