St Nicholas [serial] . i T was in the yellow autumn-time, Three hundred years away,When first the Half-Moon furled her sai In old Manhattan Hudson was her admiral, A sailor bold and true,And twenty sturdy Hollanders Made up his daring crew!iiFrom Eastern lands afar they came, Through storm or favoring breeze;They left the Old World for the New To find the Indian seas;Each burst of sunrise cheered them on — And sunsets beacon-glowLed Hudson and his loyal men Three hundred years ago!. On either hand the wooded land Came down to meet the sea;While from the North the tides returned Brimf
St Nicholas [serial] . i T was in the yellow autumn-time, Three hundred years away,When first the Half-Moon furled her sai In old Manhattan Hudson was her admiral, A sailor bold and true,And twenty sturdy Hollanders Made up his daring crew!iiFrom Eastern lands afar they came, Through storm or favoring breeze;They left the Old World for the New To find the Indian seas;Each burst of sunrise cheered them on — And sunsets beacon-glowLed Hudson and his loyal men Three hundred years ago!. On either hand the wooded land Came down to meet the sea;While from the North the tides returned Brimful of mystery!Whence came the mighty waters wide With Titan force unspent,But through the cloven mountain wall, The rock-ribbed continent? IV So vast the sweep of waters deep, So wide the waters rolled—This way must lie the world-wide sea And Indias strand of gold!So northward turned the Half-Moons prow To brave the haunted stream,The first white sail to break the hush Above the New Worlds dream! And on by cliff and palisade And misty domes of blue,The weird stream opened wide its gates To let the Half-Moon through;While Autumn spread upon the hills Her riches manifold,As if she held in utter scoin The quest for other gold. THE CRUISE OF THE HALF-MOON 45 And while the Half-Moon sailed and sailed, And woodland echoes called,The waters widened to the view— A blue bay from the headlands dizzy crags The Red Chiefs looked belowOn Hudson and his daring men, Three hun
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