Had we but world enough, and time,
This patience, ladies, were no crime.
Thou in the shade of Old Rag Mountain
Should lilies find; I by the fountain
of the Potomac would complain.
We could dance on fields of green
and trust Dominion to clean their steam,
Blithely prancing in their hot air
And on blather that they make fair.
Our love would never be stained
By the blast of Dominion’s reign
Or buried by the waste of mining
For the coal to fuel the shining
Of incandescent lights and energy
Wasted, to cause your injury.
But at my back I always hear
Time’s winged chariot hurrying near;
And yonder all before us lie
Destroyed and ravaged mountain sides
Thy beauty shall no more be found,
But arsenic and lead surround.
Now let us sport us while we may;
And pledge with our hearts on display
And join with all to write a Valentine
to Governor Kaine to stop their mine
and penetrate the walls of Dominion’s
Long-preserved hegemony.
And we will win despite the money
Because if we roll our strength and all
Our love up into one huge ball
We tear apart the iron gates
of power and find more beautiful fates.
TAKE THE PLEDGE TO LOVE YOUR MOUNTAINS!
I HEREBY PLEDGE MY HEART AND MY LOVE TO THE ALL MOUNTAINS, LARGE AND SMALL, IN VIRGINIA AND ALL OVER THE WORLD.
I HEREBY PLEDGE TO FIGHT MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL COAL MINING.
I HEREBY PLEDGE TO TAKE AT LEAST ONE ACTION DURING THE “VIRGINIA IS FOR MOUNTAIN LOVERS” WEEK OF ACTION TO HELP PRESERVE THE MOUNTAINS THAT I LOVE SO DEARLY.
