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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE EAGLE, by EMMA THOMAS SCOVILLE
First Line: Majestic bird, you soar through our-flung sky
Last Line: The nation's symbol, die by vandal hand?
Subject(s): Birds; Eagles; Pioneers
First Line: Majestic bird, you soar through our-flung sky
Last Line: The nation's symbol, die by vandal hand?
Subject(s): Birds; Eagles; Pioneers
Majestic bird, you soar through our-flung sky
In search of conquest. Stars your company
On granite cliffs, where ocean salt-winds cry.
You bravely wing through space in ecstasy
From dazzling dawn until the twilight's gray
Of years. Above the forest heights you sweep
To rock-bound lands, on lone uncharted way,
Your choice a haven on some windy steep.
Stern pioneers once symbolized your name,
Pronounced you, "King of birds," and sang your praise;
Your image on gold coins is futile fame—
For still, imperial bird, the hunter slays!
Shall you, unconquered spirit of our land,
The Nation's Symbol, die by vandal hand?
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