A youth bearing a banner marked 'Excelsior' climbs ever higher through an Alpine village toward a frozen death.
Books that mention Excelsior (1)
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy: “…and recitations, she appeared on the platform, the smallest of them all, "in her little white frock, and shoes, and pink sash"; how she recited "Excelsior," "There was a sound of revelry by night," and "The Raven"; how during the delivery she would knit her little brows and glare round…”