Pioneers
They rise to mastery of wind and snow;
They go like soldiers grimly into strife
To colonize the plain. They plough and sow,
And fertilize the sod with their own life,
As did the Indian and the buffalo.
More poems by Hamlin Garland
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The Gold-Seekers
I saw these dreamers of dreams go by,
I trod in their footsteps a space;
Each marched with his eyes on the sky, … -
A Tribute of Grasses
Serene, vast head, with silver cloud of hair
Lined on the purple dusk of death,
A stern medallion, velvet set— … -
A Wish
All day and many days I rode,
My horse’s head set toward the sea;
And as I rode a longing came to me … -
Do You Fear the Wind?
Do you fear the force of the wind,
The slash of the rain?
Go face them and fight them, …