Латинската дума "Excelsior" означава "по-нависоко". Поемата е публикувана през 1841 г. Приемам критики и предложения, с цел подобряване на превода.
Excelsior
Х. У. Лонгфелоу (1807-1882)
Превод
The shades of night were falling fast,
As through an Alpine village passed
A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice,
A banner with the strange device,
Excelsior!
His brow was sad; his eye beneath,
Flashed like a falchion from its sheath,
And like a silver clarion rung ...