In "Ulysses", what does Ulysses think he and his mariners can do before they die, even though they are old?

This poem is famous for
its spirit of
unyielding adventure in the face of old age and stability. It's narrator, ,
is
famous for his journeyings back to his island kingdom of Ithaca, and now
we are presented with a
much older Ulysses who grows tired of the stability
and boredom of his life and has a desperate,
almost frantic desire to have
one last adventure before he dies. He does not want to dwindle or
wither away
living a life that is marked by its absence of excitement and adventure. His

determination to exact the most out of life is evident in a number of places in
the
poem:

I cannot rest from travel; I
will drink

Life to the lees.

His commitment to adventure
pushes him to take his faithful sailors
and go on, seeking that one last big adventure before
death itself claims
them for eternal rest. Note the words of Ulysses as he calls his mariners to

him:

'Tis not too late to seek a newer
world.

Push off, and sitting well in order smite

The sounding furrows; for
my purpose holds

To
sail beyond the sunset, and the baths

Of all the western
stars, until I die.

In these
famous
words, Ulysses calls for uncompromising action and asserts his determination to
continue
pursuing adventure and the unknown in life until his very
death.