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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PIONEERS, by GERTRUDE B. GUNDERSON
First Line: As mountain peaks that tower above the plain
Last Line: The pioneers, who run not with the herd.
Subject(s): Pioneers; Solitude; Loneliness
First Line: As mountain peaks that tower above the plain
Last Line: The pioneers, who run not with the herd.
Subject(s): Pioneers; Solitude; Loneliness
As mountain peaks that tower above the plain,
With solitude their only diadem;
Or oaks made strong in blinding storms and rain,
That ivy may the better cling to them;
As rivers flowing seaward never lag
In quest of goal, with swiftly rushing might;
Or eagles resting on the mountain crag
While waiting, anxious for the morning light—
So the intrepid ones of earth—apart,
Unfriended, blaze our paths and write our creeds.
Oh, God of Lonely Ones, fling wide your heart
And grant sufficiency to meet their needs!
Sustain—forgiving where they may have erred—
The Pioneers, who run not with the herd.
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