Witter Bynner

I LOOK at the long low hills of golden brown

With their little wooded canyons

And at the haze hanging its beauty in the air—

And I am caught and held, as a ball is caught and held by a player

Who leaps for it in the field.

And as the heart in the breast of the player beats toward the ball,

And as the heart beats in the breast of him who shouts toward the player,

So my heart beats toward the hills that are playing ball with the sun,

That leap to catch the sun

And to throw it to other hills—

Or to me!