Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CALL TO THE COW PONIES, by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: They sent us from coorong and cooper Alternate Author Name(s): Ogilvie, Will Henry Subject(s): Animals; Horses | ||||||||
They sent us from Coorong and Cooper The pick of the Wallaby Track To serve us as gunner and trooper, To serve us as charger and hack; From Budgeribar to Blanchewater They rifled the guns of the West, That whatever his fate in the slaughter, A man might ride home on the best. We dealt with the distant Dominion, We bought in the far Argentine; The worth of our buyers ' opinion Is proved to the hilt in the line; The Clydes from the edge of the heather, The Shires from the heart of the grass, And the Punches are pulling together The guns where the conquerors pass. So come with us, buckskin and sorrel, And come with us , skewbald and bay: Your country's girth-deep in the quarrel, Your honor is roped to the fray; Where flanks of your comrades are foaming 'Neath saddle and trace-chain and band, We look for the kings of Wyoming To speak for the sage-brush and sand. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALL THE LITTLE HOOFPRINTS by ROBINSON JEFFERS ROAN STALLION by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE HORSES by KATHARINE LEE BATES DANCERS AT THE MOY by PAUL MULDOON CRAZY HORSE SPEAKS: 3 by SHERMAN ALEXIE A TELL-TALE TRYST by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE |
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