Winslow Homer, "Weanng the Calf," 1875, oil on canvas, 23 7/8 x 38 in., North Carolina Museum of Art
"I feel it melt into a world where sun conceals its shade, and seasons pass."
What shadows my happiness? The boy and calf so linked by
a rope seem to forget all else. Grass recedes to the horizon
and chickens roam free. Hay stacked richly as memory bulges
mountainously on the sky.