Through the woodland, through the valley
Comes a horseman wild and free
Tilting at the windmills passing
Who can the brave young horseman be
He is wild but he is mellow
He is strong but he is weak
He is cruel but he is gentle
He is wise but he is meek
Reaching for his saddlebag
He takes a battered book into his hand
Standing like a prophet bold
He shouts across the ocean to the shore
Till he can shout no more
I have come o’er moor and mountain
Like the hawk upon the wing
I was once a shining knight
Who was the guardian of a king
I have searched the whole world over
Looking for a place to sleep
I have seen the strong survive
And I have seen the lean grown weak
See the children of the earth
Who wake to find the table bare
See the gentry in the country
Riding off to take the air
Reaching for his saddlebag
He takes a rusty sword into his hand
Then striking up a knightly pose
He shouts across the ocean to the shore
Till he can shout no more
See the jailor with his key
Who locks away all trace of sin
See the judge upon the bench
Who tries the case as best he can
See the wise and wicked ones
Who feed upon life’s sacred fire
See the soldier with his gun
Who must be dead to be admired
See the man who tips the needle
See the man who buys and sells
See the man who puts the collar
On the ones who dare not tell
See the drunkard in the tavern
Stemming gold to make ends meet
See the youth in ghetto black
Condemned to life upon the street
Reaching for his saddlebag
He takes a tarnished cross into his hand
Then standing like a preacher now
He shouts across the ocean to the shore
Then in a blaze of tangled hooves
He gallops off across the dusty plain
In vain to search again
Where no one will hear
Through the woodland, through the valley
Comes a horseman wild and free
Tilting at the windmills passing
Who can the brave young horseman be
He is wild but he is mellow
He is strong but he is weak
He is cruel but he is gentle
He is wise but he is meek
Don Quixote
by Gordon Lightfoot
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SallyF
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Nov 7 @ 4:37PM
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teacuppoms
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Nov 7 @ 4:50PM
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dont quijote is a lovely tail i enjoyed reading a kudo goes ur way
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Exsecratus_Sicarius
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Nov 7 @ 4:51PM
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Through the woodland, through the valley
Comes a horseman wild and free
Tilting at the windmills passing
Who can the brave young horseman be
Orion,
It's very interesting that you had titled your blog as "Mr. President".
Obama’s first name, Barack, comes from “al-baraq,” which is the name of the horse that Muslims believe Muhammad rode on his way to paradise.
His middle name, Hussein, is also a Muslim name, and he was “born in a Muslim family,” said Amir.
Amir said if Obama wins the White House, Islam will conquer the heart of the American nation.
The Iranian leadership likes Obama “mainly because he is a Muslim,” according to Amir.
source: http://www.woai.com/content/blogs/nobull/story.aspx?content_id=e42bd69a-ec57-4dff-a912-d880e242f81e
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leprichaun_magic
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Nov 7 @ 5:16PM
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..Well that was Fun..!!..
Galloping accross the plain ...
.Its Happy ..Sad ,,Hopeful......
The Sentiments ,,in everyones .Life:)...  thankyou
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Peabianjay
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Nov 7 @ 6:40PM
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Thanks for sharing that with us, Orion!
Gordon Lightfoot has a miraculous ability to inspire, uplift, entertain, inform and toss in moral messages to his work.
A Canadian hero...the kind of person hero's aughta be!
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summerbreeze916
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Nov 7 @ 10:26PM
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Orion313: Nobody hears, for nobody listens. And so it shall be....and His shouts and cries have fallen on deaf ears. Or is it that no one can hear over all the clamor?
Thank you for bringing a piece of Don Quixote to us. It certainly does make one wonder just how much of the very early literature was, in actuality, 'insight'.
Kudo to you.............for this.
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