— Mist —

2019

Commissioned for Bellevue High School Concert Choir; conductor Andrew Jacobson

manuscript

From a Car-Window

Pines, and a blur of lithe young grasses;   
Gold in a pool, from the western glow;
Spread of wings where the last thrush passes—   
And thoughts of you as the sun dips low.  

Quiet lane, and an irised meadow …
(How many summers have died since then?)…
I wish you knew how the deepening shadow   
Lies on the blue and green again!  

Dusk, and the curve of field and hollow
Etched in gray when a star appears: 
Sunset,… twilight,… and dark to follow,…   
And thoughts of you through a mist of tears.

Ruth Guthrie Harding (1882-?)