| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (18331908). An American Anthology, 17871900. 1900. |
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| 1387. Pioneers |
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| 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. | 5 |
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