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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PRAIRIE FOLKS: PIONEERS, by HAMLIN GARLAND Poet's Biography
First Line: They rise to mastery of wind and snow
Last Line: As did the indian and the buffalo.
Variant Title(s): Prairie Pioneers
Subject(s): Pioneers
First Line: They rise to mastery of wind and snow
Last Line: As did the indian and the buffalo.
Variant Title(s): Prairie Pioneers
Subject(s): 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.
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