Walt Whitman

Robert P. (United States of America)
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  1. pioneer
    one the first colonists or settlers in a new territory
    Pioneers!
  2. sinewy
    consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon
    For we cannot tarry here,
    We must march my darlings, we must bear the brunt of danger,
    We the youthful sinewy races, all the rest on us depend,
    Pioneers!
  3. clustering
    a grouping of a number of similar things
    Lo, the brother orbs around, all the clustering suns and planets,
    All the dazzling days, all the mystic nights with dreams,
    Pioneers!
  4. primal
    having existed from the beginning
    These are of us, they are with us,
    All for primal needed work, while the followers there in embryo wait behind,
    We to-day's procession heading, we the route for travel clearing,
    Pioneers!
  5. dazzle
    cause to lose clear vision, especially from intense light
    Lo, the brother orbs around, all the clustering suns and planets,
    All the dazzling days, all the mystic nights with dreams,
    Pioneers!
  6. oblivious
    lacking conscious awareness of
    Yet a passing hour I yield you in your tracks to pause oblivious,
    Pioneers!
  7. droop
    sink or settle from pressure or loss of tautness
    Do they droop and end their lesson, wearied over there beyond the seas?
  8. starry
    abounding with or resembling stars
    Raise the mighty mother mistress,
    Waving high the delicate mistress, over all the starry mistress,
    (bend your heads all,)
    Raise the fang'd and warlike mistress, stern, impassive, weapon'd mistress,
    Pioneers!
  9. hapless
    unfortunate and deserving pity
    All the hapless silent lovers,
    All the prisoners in the prisons, all the righteous and the wicked,
    All the joyous, all the sorrowing, all the living, all the dying,
    Pioneers!
  10. discourage
    try to prevent; show opposition to
    Was the road of late so toilsome? did we stop discouraged nodding
    on our way?
  11. race
    a contest of speed
    For we cannot tarry here,
    We must march my darlings, we must bear the brunt of danger,
    We the youthful sinewy races, all the rest on us depend,
    Pioneers!
  12. ache
    a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
    O my breast aches with tender love for all!
  13. discouraged
    lacking in resolution
    Was the road of late so toilsome? did we stop discouraged nodding
    on our way?
  14. steady
    securely in position; not shaky
    We detachments steady throwing,
    Down the edges, through the passes, up the mountains steep,
    Conquering, holding, daring, venturing as we go the unknown ways,
    Pioneers!
  15. righteous
    morally justified
    All the hapless silent lovers,
    All the prisoners in the prisons, all the righteous and the wicked,
    All the joyous, all the sorrowing, all the living, all the dying,
    Pioneers!
  16. pulse
    the steady movement of the body's blood-pumping organ
    All the pulses of the world,
    Falling in they beat for us, with the Western movement beat,
    Holding single or together, steady moving to the front, all for us,
    Pioneers!
  17. detachment
    lack of emotion or interest
    We detachments steady throwing,
    Down the edges, through the passes, up the mountains steep,
    Conquering, holding, daring, venturing as we go the unknown ways,
    Pioneers!
  18. youth
    a person who is not yet old
    O you youths, Western youths,
    So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship,
    Plain I see you Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost,
    Pioneers!
  19. tame
    brought from wildness into a domesticated state
    Not for delectations sweet,
    Not the cushion and the slipper, not the peaceful and the studious,
    Not the riches safe and palling, not for us the tame enjoyment,
    Pioneers!
  20. cushion
    protect from impact
    Not for delectations sweet,
    Not the cushion and the slipper, not the peaceful and the studious,
    Not the riches safe and palling, not for us the tame enjoyment,
    Pioneers!
  21. compact
    closely and firmly united or packed together
    On and on the compact ranks,
    With accessions ever waiting, with the places of the dead quickly fill'd,
    Through the battle, through defeat, moving yet and never stopping,
    Pioneers!
  22. advancing
    moving forward
    O to die advancing on!
  23. bolt
    a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
    Do the corpulent sleepers sleep? have they lock'd and bolted doors?
  24. darling
    a special loved one
    For we cannot tarry here,
    We must march my darlings, we must bear the brunt of danger,
    We the youthful sinewy races, all the rest on us depend,
    Pioneers!
  25. pressing
    requiring immediate action or attention
    I too with my soul and body,
    We, a curious trio, picking, wandering on our way,
    Through these shores amid the shadows, with the apparitions pressing,
    Pioneers!
  26. dart
    a sudden quick movement
    Lo, the darting bowling orb!
  27. stem
    cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
    We primeval forests felling,
    We the rivers stemming, vexing we and piercing deep the mines within,
    We the surface broad surveying, we the virgin soil upheaving,
    Pioneers!
  28. steep
    having a sharp inclination
    We detachments steady throwing,
    Down the edges, through the passes, up the mountains steep,
    Conquering, holding, daring, venturing as we go the unknown ways,
    Pioneers!
  29. swift
    moving very fast
    Till with sound of trumpet,
    Far, far off the daybreak call--hark! how loud and clear I hear it wind,
    Swift! to the head of the army!--swift! spring to your places,
    Pioneers!
  30. follower
    someone who travels behind or pursues another
    These are of us, they are with us,
    All for primal needed work, while the followers there in embryo wait behind,
    We to-day's procession heading, we the route for travel clearing,
    Pioneers!
  31. comrade
    a friend who is frequently in the company of another
    From Nebraska, from Arkansas,
    Central inland race are we, from Missouri, with the continental
    blood intervein'd,
    All the hands of comrades clasping, all the Southern, all the Northern,
    Pioneers!
  32. wicked
    having committed unrighteous acts
    All the hapless silent lovers,
    All the prisoners in the prisons, all the righteous and the wicked,
    All the joyous, all the sorrowing, all the living, all the dying,
    Pioneers!
  33. move
    change location
    On and on the compact ranks,
    With accessions ever waiting, with the places of the dead quickly fill'd,
    Through the battle, through defeat, moving yet and never stopping,
    Pioneers!
  34. venture
    an undertaking with an uncertain outcome
    We detachments steady throwing,
    Down the edges, through the passes, up the mountains steep,
    Conquering, holding, daring, venturing as we go the unknown ways,
    Pioneers!
  35. stern
    serious and harsh in manner or behavior
    Raise the mighty mother mistress,
    Waving high the delicate mistress, over all the starry mistress,
    (bend your heads all,)
    Raise the fang'd and warlike mistress, stern, impassive, weapon'd mistress,
    Pioneers!
  36. route
    an established line of travel or access
    These are of us, they are with us,
    All for primal needed work, while the followers there in embryo wait behind,
    We to-day's procession heading, we the route for travel clearing,
    Pioneers!
  37. divided
    separated into parts or pieces
    Never must you be divided, in our ranks you move united,
    Pioneers!
  38. wander
    move or cause to move in a sinuous or circular course
    I too with my soul and body,
    We, a curious trio, picking, wandering on our way,
    Through these shores amid the shadows, with the apparitions pressing,
    Pioneers!
  39. tender
    easy to cut or chew
    O my breast aches with tender love for all!
  40. descend
    move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
    Has the night descended?
  41. depend
    be determined by something else
    For we cannot tarry here,
    We must march my darlings, we must bear the brunt of danger,
    We the youthful sinewy races, all the rest on us depend,
    Pioneers!
  42. hunt
    pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
    Colorado men are we,
    From the peaks gigantic, from the great sierras and the high plateaus,
    From the mine and from the gully, from the hunting trail we come,
    Pioneers!
  43. dare
    a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
    We detachments steady throwing,
    Down the edges, through the passes, up the mountains steep,
    Conquering, holding, daring, venturing as we go the unknown ways,
    Pioneers!
  44. hard
    resisting weight or pressure
    Still be ours the diet hard, and the blanket on the ground,
    Pioneers!
Created on Thu Nov 05 17:21:00 EST 2009 (updated Mon Nov 09 19:47:01 EST 2009)

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