"Gray geese come honking from the North" ... but led By some gray gander, schooled by other flights; The storm may rage and buffet, but his head Is clear and cool in all those wind-swept heights. When but a fledgling, following other lead And listening to the trumpet call that came, He learned obedience, trust, unfaltering heed Of that clear voice, regardless of the tame And sheltered ducks in many a pond and lake Who honked an invitation to their reeds. And now he is a leader, for whose sake A newer generation dares great deeds. There was a first migration. ... by the Sea A Voice once spake in far off Galilee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RESPECTABLE BURGHER, ON 'THE HIGHER CRITICISM' by THOMAS HARDY A SUN-DAY HYMN [OR LAMENT] by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES TOM DEADLIGHT by HERMAN MELVILLE SONNET: 148 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ODES: BOOK 1: ODE 3. TO A FRIEND UNSUCCESSFUL IN LOVE by MARK AKENSIDE |