Classic Poem

All the past we leave behind:
We take up the task eternal,
And the burden and the lesson,
Conquering, holding, daring, venturing,
So we go the unknown ways,
Pioneers! O Pioneers!

Not for delectations sweet,
Not the riches safe and palling,
Not for us the tame enjoyment;
Never must you be divided,
In our ranks you move united,
Pioneers! O Pioneers!

All the pulses of the world,
All the joyous, all the sorrowing,
These are of us, they are with us;
We today's procession heading,
We the route for travel clearing,
Pioneers! O Pioneers!

On and on the compact ranks,
With accessions, ever waiting,
We must never yield or falter,
Through the battle, through defeat,
Moving yet and never stopping,
Pioneers! O Pioneers!