THE EXPLORER

THE EXPLORER

The eagle nests in mountain trees
And glides upon the wide, bright air;
The dolphin frolics through the seas;
But human beings go everywhere.

To the darkest ocean deeps,
To the highest mountain peaks,
Flying far above grey cloud,
Or where the emperor penguins crowd
Upon the ice in winter’s coldest night,
Where deserts burn with blazing light,
Through the deepest cave’s dark air;
People will go everywhere,
Beyond the earth and into space
And even on the moon’s white face.

The tiger roams the jungles night,
The bear lies in his winter lair,
The swift flies far beyond our sight,
But human beings go everywhere.