<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The Delight Song of Tsoai-talee</span><br><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I am a feather on the bright sky</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I am the blue horse that runs in the plain</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I am the fish that rolls, shining, in the water</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I am the shadow that follows a child</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I am the evening light, the lustre of meadows</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I am an eagle playing with the wind</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I am a cluster of bright beads</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I am the farthest star</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I am the cold of dawn</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I am the roaring of the rain</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I am the glitter on the crust of the snow</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I am the long track of the moon in a lake</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I am a flame of four colors</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I am a deer standing away in the dusk</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I am a field of sumac and the pomme blanche</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I am an angle of geese in the winter sky</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I am the hunger of a young wolf</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I am the whole dream of these things</span><br><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">You see, I am alive, I am alive</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I stand in good relation to the earth</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I stand in good relation to the gods</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I stand in good relation to all that is beautiful</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I stand in good relation to the daughter of Tsen-tainte</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">You see, I am alive, I am alive</span><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>- N. Scott Momaday</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>(February<span style="caret-color: rgb(54, 54, 54); color: rgb(54, 54, 54); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> 27, 1934 - January 24, 2024</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(54, 54, 54); color: rgb(54, 54, 54); font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">)</span></div></div></div></body></html>