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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BALLADS AND CANTILENAS: LAMENT OF THE LITTLE WHITE HORSE, by PAUL FORT
First Line: The little horse 'mid winter's height, ah, what a gallant heart he
Last Line: Is dead without seeing the sunny skies either behind or before.
Subject(s): Animals; Death; Horses; Lament; Dead, The
First Line: The little horse 'mid winter's height, ah, what a gallant heart he
Last Line: Is dead without seeing the sunny skies either behind or before.
Subject(s): Animals; Death; Horses; Lament; Dead, The
The little horse 'mid winter's height, ah, what a gallant heart he bore! He was
a little pony white, all behind and he before.
He never saw the Spring arise to gild the dreary landscape o'er. He never saw
the sunny skies, either behind or before.
He was contented, evermore, drawing the lads of the neighbourhood through the
rain's unceasing pour, all behind and he before.
His little cart behind him went, chasing the jaunty tail he wore. It was then he
was content, all behind and he before.
But one day, beneath the winter's blight, one day when he had been so good, he
died of a stroke of lightning white, all behind and he before.
He is dead without seeing the Spring arise. Ah, what a gallant heart he bore! He
is dead without seeing the sunny skies either behind or before.
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