Beautiful are they, that, ranging on the mountains,
Crop the green pasture, and drink at the fountains;
Bunching and scattering, and quick in sudden meeting,
Touching nose and high crest in a friendly greeting.
But more wonderful than these, bred on the mountains,
Are the thoughts a man thinks, unseen their fountains;
Unknown their eager birth, uncontrolled their breeding,
As they rise and range and scatter, onward speeding.
Like a herd, like a host—as light as birds winging—
Now turn they hither, and now thither, swinging;
Unbitted as a foal, and yet, caught and bridled,
Man upon them rides, who as dreamer idled.
Beautiful the wild horse, screaming on the mountains,
Climbing on the height, quenching at the fountains;
But, more wonderful than these, man’s thoughts awaking;
Drawn from out the vast, creation in the making.
(Dame Mary Gilmore DBE)
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