Through the ample open door of the peaceful country barn, A sun-lit pasture field, with cattle and horses feeding; And haze, and vista, and the far horizon, fading away.

Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?

The sum of all known value and respect, I add up in you, whoever you are.

Now, Voyager, sail thou forth, to seek and find."

Where the earth is, we are.

Logic and sermons never convince, The damp of the night drives deeper into my soul.

My ties and ballasts leave me - I travel - I sail - My elbows rest in the sea-gaps. I skirt the sierras. My palms cover continents - I am afoot with my vision.