English poem
The Eagle, Also, Dies
by Hartley Burr Alexander (1873–1939)
With his hooked beak, With his hooked talons, With battle-plumes outspread,----
His beak is a driven lance-head; His talons are scarlet arrows, His voice is a war-cry!
When he circles the sky The birds suddenly cease their singing, The rabbit becomes rigid.
“The hurricane is my horse, “The black tornado is my charger, “Earth trembles where I strike!”
Wherefore do you fear, O Warrior? For the strongest there is a Fate: The Eagle, also, dies.
Wide is the trail of many buffalo. ]