Queenie Meanie

A strain of music reminds me of a passage of the Vedas, and I associate with it the idea of infinite remoteness, as well as of beauty and serenity. - Thoreau

good, hard, fast and loud

no passing, cumulus cloud

curt bowing allowed

Author's Note

"A queen might be proud to walk where these gallant trees have spread their bright cloaks in the mud. I see wagons roll over them as a shadow or reflection, and the drivers heed them just as little as they did their own shadows before." - Thoreau