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Podcast: A New Voice of Freedom
Episode: Season 3 Podcast 62 Excelsior
Description: ExcelsiorWelcome again to Poetâs Corner. Todayâs podcast is a brief analysis of Henry Wadsworth Longfellowâs famous poem âExcelsior.â Perhaps we owe the meaning of the word âexcelsiorâ to Longfellow for his poem fixed the word forever in our minds. It suggests onward and upward against all odds, ever ascending, aspiring, climbing. The shades of night were falling fast,As through an Alpine village passedA youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice,A banner with the strange device,   Excelsior! However...