Columbus; or, A hero of the New World; an historical play . NEW YORK AND LONDON G. P. PUTNAMS SONS ®^c ^nitherbockev f rrss1887 V ^<\^ COJVRIGHT BV D. S. PRESTON ^ x-V^ Pressor G. P. Putnams SokjNew York FOR DEDICATION—AT ELMWOOD. It was a day when one had joyed To mount and far with Launfal roam, To snatch deep blisses, unalloyed, From Dreamland—or from Poets home. The sun, in autumns broadest glow, Transfigured all the tranquil scene, From sun to daisied turf below, And phantom-haunted porch between. Through the sweet ocean of the air The boughs dropped many a yellowing fleet In rivalry o
Columbus; or, A hero of the New World; an historical play . NEW YORK AND LONDON G. P. PUTNAMS SONS ®^c ^nitherbockev f rrss1887 V ^<\^ COJVRIGHT BV D. S. PRESTON ^ x-V^ Pressor G. P. Putnams SokjNew York FOR DEDICATION—AT ELMWOOD. It was a day when one had joyed To mount and far with Launfal roam, To snatch deep blisses, unalloyed, From Dreamland—or from Poets home. The sun, in autumns broadest glow, Transfigured all the tranquil scene, From sun to daisied turf below, And phantom-haunted porch between. Through the sweet ocean of the air The boughs dropped many a yellowing fleet In rivalry of plume, as fair, Chirped the gold robins at their feet. I paced beneath the elms. They sungTo memories of an earlier hearts that throbbed, of fancies young,And of a Voice—so deep, so accents winged our feet to scaleThat Tuscan ladder of the stars,Attuned each purgatorial vale,And rifled Hades of its jars. For Elmwoods shade, for Dantes cheer,Take the frail offering that I bring— iv Dedication. No darlings of the autumn year, Th
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