AtD translation: a white horse borne against the sky

[Mike Weaver]

It would be a corner of the eye vision, a seemingly flying horse, 
Pegasus without the wings? - silhouetted against the sky (borne by the 
sovereign wind?) its mane and tail rendered black in their movement, an 
accumulation of shadows from  contrast with the sky. So I'd go for 
'carried' myself.

With the mention of Perdition maybe in the words of Hughie Thomasson, 
and notably performed by Spike Jones 
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMiLNlFol2U)

it's one of them

Ghost riders in the sky...

An old cowboy went riding out one dark and windy day
Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way
When all at once a mighty herd of red eyed cows he saw
A-plowing through the ragged sky and up the cloudy draw
Their brands were still on fire and their hooves were made of steel
Their horns were black and shiny and their hot breath he could feel
A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky
For he saw the riders coming hard and he heard their mournful cry

Yippie yi ooh
Yippie yi yay

Ghost riders in the sky

Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred, their shirts all soaked with 
sweat
He's riding hard to catch that herd, but he ain't caught 'em yet
'Cause they've got to ride forever on that range up in the sky
On horses snorting fire
As they ride on hear their cry
As the riders loped on by him he heard one call his name
If you want to save your soul from hell a-riding on our range
Then cowboy change your ways today or with us you will ride
Trying to catch the devil's herd, across these endless skies


Yippie yi ooh
Yippie yi yay



Ghost riders in the sky
Ghost riders in the sky
Ghost Riders in the sky




> On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 9:42 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> P297.5-10   The longer he stayed in this town, the less he was finding out.
>> The point of diminishing returns was fast approaching. Yet now, as the
>> trail ascended, as snowlines drew nearer and the wind became sovereign, he
>> found himself waiting for some split-second flare out there at the edges of
>> what he could see, a white horse borne against the sky, a black rush of
>> hair streaming unruly as the smoke that marbles the flames of Perdition.
>>
>> What does the word "borne" mean here? (I do know it's the past participle
>> of "bear".)
>>
>> According to the OED:
>>
>> bear, v.1
>>
>> Main senses: I. to carry; II. to sustain; III. to thrust, press; IV. to
>> bring forth.
>>
>> In which sense is it used here?
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