Light Between The Trees
Fujifilm X100
Kilkenny Landscape photography, Nigel Borrington
Title: Light Between The Trees
Author: Henry Van Dyke
Long, long, long the trail
Through the brooding forest-gloom,
Down the shadowy, lonely vale
Into silence, like a room
Where the light of life has fled,
And the jealous curtains close
Round the passionless repose
Of the silent dead.
Plod, plod, plod away,
Step by step in mouldering moss;
Thick branches bar the day
Over languid streams that cross
Softly, slowly, with a sound
Like a smothered weeping,
In their aimless creeping
Through enchanted ground.
“Yield, yield, yield thy quest,”
Whispers through the woodland deep;
“Come to me and be at rest;
I am slumber, I am sleep.”
Then the weary feet would fail,
But the never-daunted will
Urges “Forward, forward still!
Press along the trail!”
Breast, breast, breast the slope
See, the path is growing steep.
Hark! a little song of hope
Where the stream begins to leap.
Though the forest, far and wide,
Still shuts out the bending blue,
We shall finally win through,
Cross the long divide.
On, on, on we tramp!
Will the journey never end?
Over yonder lies the camp;
Welcome waits us there, my friend.
Can we reach it ere the night?
Upward, upward, never fear!
Look, the summit must be near;
See the line of light!
Red, red, red the shine
Of the splendour in the west,
Nigel Borrington 
Wow. Beautiful.
April 7, 2013 at 12:00 pm
Many Thanks Sean…. 🙂
Love your own blog !!!
April 7, 2013 at 12:03 pm
Beautiful! I love the contrast 🙂
April 7, 2013 at 12:15 pm
Hi Norma!
Thank you 🙂 and hope your having a great weekend!!!
April 7, 2013 at 12:19 pm
Fantastic shot Nigel!
April 7, 2013 at 12:29 pm
Many Thanks Mark 🙂
Just looked at your blog!
Great! 🙂 I think I will be doing lots of reading …
Nigel
April 7, 2013 at 12:33 pm
Thanks Nigel 🙂 You might like lifespirit.biz too 🙂
April 7, 2013 at 12:55 pm
Great Mark some early morning reading this week!
Thank you!
April 7, 2013 at 12:58 pm
The image is so entrancing; it draws me in with a desire to peer further down the mysterious path. And the poem is invigorating, reminding me of a hike up a mountain, where upon reaching the summit, my heart continues beating quickly at glorious sight and capture of the sunset. Thank you….
April 7, 2013 at 1:16 pm
Thank You Rene, I am very pleased you enjoyed this…..
🙂
Nigel
April 7, 2013 at 3:39 pm
Beautiful image, perfectly coupled with lush, dark, yet hopeful verse!
April 7, 2013 at 1:18 pm
Thank you Anne! 🙂
April 7, 2013 at 2:34 pm
I really like this image .. special
April 7, 2013 at 1:32 pm
Thanks Noel 🙂
April 7, 2013 at 2:34 pm
Very nice!
April 7, 2013 at 3:21 pm
Thank you, Karen 🙂
April 7, 2013 at 3:31 pm
You have given us a universal story in your photo….
April 7, 2013 at 9:15 pm
Thank you Rebecca, 🙂
April 7, 2013 at 10:33 pm
Fabulous, that trail is luring me right now to discover what lies beyond or else inspiring me to start a new painting 🙂
April 8, 2013 at 12:46 pm
Thank you Donna, very pleased you enjoyed it.
Brilliant cannot wait to see the results!
Nigel
April 8, 2013 at 1:30 pm
Simply lovely. A perfect balance of light. Love the rich carpet and the way the light catches the edges of the trees on the left…..so timeless……because your picture allows us to linger where we might not……“Yield, yield, yield thy quest,”
Whispers through the woodland deep;
“Come to me and be at rest”.
Perfect.
April 8, 2013 at 5:41 pm
Beautiful photo. Like how the subtle light touches; slowly fading into deep black on both sides.
April 10, 2013 at 11:14 am
Thank you Harrien, Very pleased you liked this image 🙂
Nigel
April 10, 2013 at 11:16 am
Nigel, lovely image!
June 12, 2013 at 9:39 pm
Hello Navery 🙂
Thank you 🙂
June 12, 2013 at 10:05 pm
I would like to wander there, in that place of your lovely photo. Wonderful capture of light. Hello.
August 14, 2013 at 5:23 pm
Hello and thank you for your comments 🙂
Very happy you like this post 🙂
August 15, 2013 at 5:17 pm