And the Wild is calling, calling . . . let us go!

"Have you gazed on naked grandeur
where there's nothing else to gaze on, . . .
Big mountains heaved in heaven,
which the blinding sunsets blazon, . . .
Have you strung your soul to silence?
Then for God's sake go and do it; . . .
And hearken to the Wild - it's wanting YOU . . .
There's a whisper on the night-wind,
there's a star agleam to guide us,
And the Wild is calling, calling . . . let us go."

Robert Service

Photo: Abandoned cabin, with the Nokhu Crags looming above; near Lake Agnes, Never Summer Mountains, CO; November 6, 2014