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The Hoofs of Pegasus

Chapter 9: TRUTH IN A WELL
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A collection of short lyrical poems that weave mythic and religious imagery with intimate observations of nature and interior feeling. Many pieces draw on classical figures and Renaissance art, while others reflect domestic scenes, sleep, music, and sacrament; recurrent motifs include night and light, birds, water, and ritual. Voice shifts between contemplative reverie and pastoral detail, exploring longing, faith, and creative impulse. The sequence moves through imagistic vignettes—moonlit meadows, bathing maidens, sacramental harvests, and dreams—linking private emotion to larger spiritual and mythical resonances.

TRUTH IN A WELL

I PEERED into a well, and saw The blue, blue eye of God Look into mine far from the sun, Far from the friendly sod.
And suddenly I was afraid— The old wives’ tales are true— God is the truth hid in a well, How dread His gaze, how blue!