the gleaming runners of the speeding troika go
though the steppes be wide
though the night wind blows
~ Joel Hayden
Illustration from Die Gartenlaube, 1891 ("The Garden Arbor")
by E. Ravel
Old Prague corners
by Jakub Schikaneder (1855–1924)
Davos in Snow
by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938)
Snowball Fight and Snowman
by Hans Dahl (1849–1937)
Horse
by Kelly Angard
Chimney-sweep
by Frans Wilhelm Odelmark
Nichiren Going into Exile on the Island of Sado
by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861)
Addendum: You can find the song Onward through the Snow, referenced at the top of this post, on Christine Lavin's Christmas album.
Think it's gonna snow soon, do you? :-)
ReplyDeleteThe Kuniyoshi work is absolutely beautiful, but I must admit that the Chimney-Sweep has an immense amount of oomph to it. I can *feel* the cold and the danger the chimney sweep faces. A very powerful piece.