To the Golden Eagle
Wanderer of the mountain, Winger of the blue, From this stormy rock I send my love to you.
Take me for your lover, Dark and fierce and true-- Wanderer of the mountain, Winger of the blue!
Joseph Campbell
Wanderer of the mountain, Winger of the blue, From this stormy rock I send my love to you.
Take me for your lover, Dark and fierce and true-- Wanderer of the mountain, Winger of the blue!
A person alone on a mountain calls out to a golden eagle soaring overhead. The speaker admires the bird’s freedom and wildness, calling it a wanderer of the peaks and a creature of the open sky. There is real affection in the words—“I send my love to you”—but it is not a tame or sentimental love.
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