<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">Riding</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line"> FILL up, fill up the stirrup-cup!</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">The wine is running free:</p><p class="line">The blue veils of the Spring are out;</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">She dances on the sea.</p><p class="line">In fields of love, in lanes of laughter, </p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Slacken not the pace:</p><p class="line">Care not for Him, who follows after, </p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And wins at last the race.</p><p class="line">Past pear and apple-orchards, </p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">The bramble and the rose,</p><p class="line">And out across the swinging turf </p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">To where the sea-wind goes:</p><p class="line">To horse! To horse! the time is short;</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%"> Soon will the day be done:</p><p class="line">We'll gallop on the morning grass, </p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And drink the rising sun:</p><p class="line">And onward through the upland, </p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">To see the plains unfurled,</p><p class="line">And armies of the stars go down </p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Over the brink of the world.</p></div></body></html> · Great War