PRAIRIE FOLKS: PIONEERS, by HAMLIN GARLANDPoet's Biography
First Line: They rise to mastery of wind and snow Last Line: As did the indian and the buffalo. Variant Title(s): Prairie Pioneers Subject(s): Pioneers
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.