| Thomas R. Lounsbury, ed. (1838–1915). Yale Book of American Verse. 1912. |
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| Richard Hovey. 1864–1900 |
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| 249. Faith and Fate |
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| TO horse, my dear, and out into the night! | |
| Stirrup and saddle and away, away! | |
| Into the darkness, into the affright, | |
| Into the unknown on our trackless way! | |
| Past bridge and town missiled with flying feet, | 5 |
| Into the wilderness our riding thrills; | |
| The gallop echoes through the startled street, | |
| And shrieks like laughter in the demoned hills; | |
| Things come to meet us with fantastic frown, | |
| And hurry past with maniac despair; | 10 |
| Death from the stars looks ominously down— | |
| Ho, ho, the dauntless riding that we dare! | |
| East, to the dawn, or west or south or north! | |
| Loose rein upon the neck of Fate—and forth! | |
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