To the Eagle + 

Fain would I rival thee + 

Monarch of birds + 

Soaring so loftily + 

Up to the clouds! + 

Spreading thy pinions + 

And mounting on air, + 

Ethereally floating + 

Divinely and fair. + 

Where is thy resting place? + 

Where dost thou dwell? + 

Is the mountain thy home + 

Or the stern rock thy cell? + 

Dost thou live in the desert? + 

Is the forest thy lair? + 

O, where is thy resting place? + 

Eagle, say where? + 

Always tending upward + 

May this be my aim; + 

Ne’er swerving from duty + 

Or shrinking from pain. + 

’Tis thus would I rival thee + 

Monarch of birds, + 

When soaring loftily + 

Up to the clouds. + 