. Poems . i :J%. CANTO f. Niffftt—Columbus on the Atlantic—fJtn Viirintion ofthe Compass, SfC. Say who, when age on age had rolled away,And still, as sunk the golden Orb of dav,The seaman watched him, while he lingered many a wish to follow, many a fear, 228 And gazed and gazed and wondered where he went,So bright his path, so glorious his descent,Who first adventured—In his birth obscure,Yet born to build a Fame that should endure,Who the great secret of the Deep , issuing through the portals of the West,Fearless, resolved, with every sail unfurled,Planted his stand

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. Poems . i :J%. CANTO f. Niffftt—Columbus on the Atlantic—fJtn Viirintion ofthe Compass, SfC. Say who, when age on age had rolled away,And still, as sunk the golden Orb of dav,The seaman watched him, while he lingered many a wish to follow, many a fear, 228 And gazed and gazed and wondered where he went,So bright his path, so glorious his descent,Who first adventured—In his birth obscure,Yet born to build a Fame that should endure,Who the great secret of the Deep , issuing through the portals of the West,Fearless, resolved, with every sail unfurled,Planted his standard on the Unknown World ?Him, by the Paynim bard descried of yore,And ere his coming sung on either shore,Him could not I exalt—by Heaven designedTo lift the veil that covered half mankind!Yet, ere I die, I would fulfil my vow;Praise cannot wound his generous spirit now. Twas night. The Moon, oer the wide wave, disclosedHer awful face; and Natures self reposed;When, slowly rising in the azure sky,Three white

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