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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BRIGHT HORSEMAN, by MIRIAM ALLEN DEFORD
First Line: Darkness stands ear-pricked, poised, champing its icy snaffle
Last Line: And darkness sees and trembles; darkness, broken, obeys.
Subject(s): Horseback Riding
First Line: Darkness stands ear-pricked, poised, champing its icy snaffle
Last Line: And darkness sees and trembles; darkness, broken, obeys.
Subject(s): Horseback Riding
Darkness stands ear-pricked, poised, champing its icy snaffle,
Pawing the cold electric straw of its airy stall.
Darkness whinnies through cold space; no rare sky-stuff can baffle
Its sharp and delicate hoofs, precisely placing their fall.
Who will conquer darkness, who will mount this black stallion?
From the east comes the glorious rider, his check-reins ablaze,
White flame leaps from his bridle; his saddle -- a flowing medallion:
And darkness sees and trembles; darkness, broken, obeys.
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