Gradual progress: be
thy right firm carriage Suggestive of a lady's decent
marriage.
Wild geese approach the shore - with care they fly!
They reach the rocks - and pasture joyfully.
Dry plains the cross - it needs a vigorous wing!
The reach the trees, and rest; but not too high.
At last they gain the goal of travelling;
See on broad heights their feathers glittering.
