History of the Pilgrims and Puritans, their ancestry and descendants; basis of Americanization . CORONADO SEEKING THE KINGDOM OF QUIVERA. 358 HISTORY OF THE PILGRIMS AND PURITANS In that half-forgotten era,With the avarice of old,Seeking cities he was toldHad been paved with yellow gold In the kingdom of Quivera— Came the restless CoronadoTo the open Kansas plain,With his knights from sunny Spain;In an effort that, though vain, Thrilled with boldness and bravado. Back to scenes more trite, yet tragic, Marched the knights with armord steeds;Not for them the quiet deeds;Not for them to sow the s
History of the Pilgrims and Puritans, their ancestry and descendants; basis of Americanization . CORONADO SEEKING THE KINGDOM OF QUIVERA. 358 HISTORY OF THE PILGRIMS AND PURITANS In that half-forgotten era,With the avarice of old,Seeking cities he was toldHad been paved with yellow gold In the kingdom of Quivera— Came the restless CoronadoTo the open Kansas plain,With his knights from sunny Spain;In an effort that, though vain, Thrilled with boldness and bravado. Back to scenes more trite, yet tragic, Marched the knights with armord steeds;Not for them the quiet deeds;Not for them to sow the seeds From which empires grow like magic. Never land so hunger-strickenCould a Latin race re-mold;They could conquer heat or cold—Die for glory or for gold— But not make a desert quicken. League by league, in aimless marching,Knowing scarcely where or whj^.Crossed they uplands drear and dry,That an unprotected sky Had for centuries been parching. But their expectations, eager. Found, instead of fruitful lands,Shallow streams and shifting the buffalo in bands Roamed oer deser
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