THE pioneer of a great company That wait behind him, gazing toward the east, -- Mighty ones all, down to the nameless least, -- Though after him none dares to press, where he With bent head listens to the minstrelsy Of far waves chanting to the moon, their priest. What phantom rises up from winds deceased? What whiteness of the unapproachable sea? Hoary Chocorua guards his mystery well: He pushes back his fellows, lest they hear The haunting secret he apart must tell To his lone self, in the sky-silence clear. A shadowy, cloud-cloaked wraith, with shoulders bowed, He steals, conspicuous, from the mountain-crowd. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LINCOLN TRIUMPHANT by EDWIN MARKHAM ALICE IN WONDERLAND: THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER by CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON FIRST CYCLE OF LOVE POEMS: 3 by GEORGE BARKER SEASONS AND TIMES by WILLIAM BARNES UNFULFILLMENT by FRANCES LOUISA BUSHNELL SIDNEY'S ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: CANTO QUINTO. CONTENT by THOMAS CAMPION TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. AFTER CIVILISATION (2) by EDWARD CARPENTER IMPROMPTU ON READING THE CHAPTER ON POLYGAMY by WILLIAM COWPER |