We take up the task eternal, and the burden and the lesson, Plain I see you Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost,ĭo they droop and end their lesson, wearied over there beyond the seas? So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship, We the youthful sinewy races, all the rest on us depend, We must march my darlings, we must bear the brunt of danger, Have you your pistols? have you your sharp-edged axes? The Poem Come my tan-faced children,įollow well in order, get your weapons ready, The poem was written as a tribute to Whitman's fervor for the great Westward expansion in the United States that led to things like the California Gold Rush and exploration of the far west. It was first published in Leaves of Grass in 1865. " Pioneers! O Pioneers!" is a poem by the American poet Walt Whitman. Walt Whitman, aged 37, steel engraving by Samuel Hollyer
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