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THE SLEDGE THAT REACHED
The new york Times
THE POLE."
(Peary Exhibit American Museum of
Oct. 22, Natural History.) 1909
I read thy strong epitome and stand,
Held fast and mute by some unknown
command.
Rude thing of wood and iron with sinew
lashed,
O'er arctic pressure ridges rudely dashed;
Most famous vehicle in all the world;
One triumph sledge of all those northward
hurled
Through long processions of the centuries;
Type of the alert and supple energies
That won where force and mighty ships
had failed;
Though light and yielding, firm as if
stout mailed;
Keen, lithe, and like the wind that sought
the goal,
Sure as a thought projected at the pole.
Inert, did not thy trembling timbers feel
The frost that made swift mercury con-
geal?
What shocks were thine, what scars thou
bearest, thou,
The Nation's treasure, and immortal now.
But one wild charge and yet a veteran;
I'm thrilled to think, "Thou art Ameri-
can:
WALTER F. LONGACRE.
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