Question

What is the golden moment that the speaker talks about in the poem Going Downhill ?

Answer 1

WITH lifted feet, hands still,

I am poised, and down the hill

Dart, with heedful mind;

The air goes by in a wind.

Swifter and yet more swift, 5

Till the heart with a mighty lift

Makes the lungs laugh, the throat cry:—

‘O bird, see; see, bird, I fly!

‘Is this, is this your joy?

O bird, then I, though a boy, 10

For a golden moment share

Your feathery life in air!’

Answer 2

GOING DOWNHILL ON A BICYCLE

--HENRY CHARLES BEECHING--

With lifted feet, hands still ,

I am poised, and down the hill

Dart, with heedful mind ;

The air goes by in a wind.

Swifter and yet more swift,

Till the heart with a mighty lift

Makes the lungs laugh, the throat cry : ---

‘O bird, see: see, bird, I fly.

‘Is this, is this your joy?

O bird, then I, though a boy

For a golden, moments share , your feathery life in air!’