"In all climes we pitch out tents, Cronies of the elements, With the secret lords of birth Intimate and free."

"The people blossoms armies and puts forth The splendid summer of its noiseless might."

"Nor love they least Who strike with right good will To vanquish ill And fight God’s battle upward from the beast."

"Who would not rather founder in the fight Than not have known the glory of the fray?"

"Praise be to you, O hills, that you can breathe Into our souls the secret of your power!"

"I have need of the sky, I have business with the grass; I will up and get me away where the hawk is wheeling Lone and…"

"Spring in the world! And all things are made new!"

"For ’t is always fair weather When good fellows get together With a stein on the table and a good song ringing clear."

"The East and the West in the spring of the world shall blend As a man and a woman that plight Their troth in the warm…"

"The great white cold walks abroad!"