# Epigraph explained — Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp

> Chapter companion for Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp by John A. Lomax.

## What happens

The epigraph sets a nostalgic tone, reflecting on the end of the frontier era and the passing of the cowboy's wild, adventurous life, while suggesting that the spirit of that time lives on in song and story.

## Themes in this chapter

### Nostalgia and Loss

The epigraph mourns the end of the frontier and the cowboy's role, but finds solace in the enduring songs of that era.

## Key lines

> No loopholes now are framing Lean faces, grim and brown, No more keen eyes are aiming To bring the redskin down; But every wind careening Seems here to breathe a song⁠— A song of brave careering, A saga of the strong.

The days of frontier conflict are over, but the wind carries the memory of the cowboy's bold adventures.

_The epigraph contrasts the end of violent frontier life with the enduring legacy of cowboy songs._

## Links

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