...in cadence, clear depth of philosophic suggestiveness, and the brilliance of literary finish. Behind him lay the gray Azores Behind the Gates of Hercules...Before him only shoreless seas The good mate said: "Now must we pray Por lo! the very stars are gone Brave Adm'r'l speak, what shall I say?" "Why say: 'Sail...

...SELECTIONS FROM THE POET OF THE SIERRAS. Speak COLUMBUS. OW fades from view the gay Azores, As did the gates of Hercules; Before him not the ghost of...shores, Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said:"Now let us pray, For lo! the very stars are gone. Adimral, what shall I say?" It grew to be time's...

...Sierras." Horn in Cincinnati, Ohio, November 1o, 1842. From a poem in the New York Independent. Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind the gates of Hercules;...him only shoreless seas. The good mate said, " Now must we pray, For lo! the very stars are gone. Brave Adm'ral, speak; what shall I say?" " Why say,...

...Columbus for Mrs. Frank Leslie, and it appears in the January number of her Popular Monthly : — Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind the Gates of Hercules...him only shoreless seas. The good mate said : " Now must we pray, For lo ! the very stars are gone. Brave Adm'rl, speak ; what shall I say 1 " " Why, say...

...Sierras." Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, November 10, 1842. From a poem in the New York Independtnt. Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind the gates of Hercules;...him only shoreless seas. The good mate said, " Now must we pray, For lo! the very stars are gone. Brave Adm'ral, speak; what shall I say?" "Why say, 'Sail...

...the admiral put out to sea from the harbor of Gomera and sailed west for nearly five weeks. " Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind the gates of Hercules;...him only shoreless seas. The good mate said : ' Now must we pray, For lo ! the very stars are gone. Speak, admiral ! what shall I say ?' Why, say ' sail...

...princes, and accomplish that which you had commanded. — Las Casas. 4. Recitation. " THE VOYAGE.' Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind the gates of Hercules...him only shoreless seas. The good mate said, " Now must we pray, For lo ! the very stars are gone. Brave adm'rl, speak ; what shall I say ?" " Why say,...

...storms ou it blow, Nor runs it too rapid, never runs it too slow; COLUMBUS. BY JOAQUÍN MILLEB. Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind the gates of Hercules...him only shoreless seas. The good mate said : ''Now let us pray, For lo ! the very stars are «one. Brave Adm'rl, speak ; what shall I say ?" "Why, say,...

...forlorn ! COLUMBUS. JOAQUIN MILLER. [Written expressly for and recited by MBS. FRAKK LESLIE.] BEHIND him lay the gray Azores, Behind the Gates of Hercules;...him only shoreless seas. The good mate said: " Now must we pray, . For lo ! the very stars are gone. Speak, Admiral, what shall I say? " " Why say, 'Sail...

...Sierras." Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, November 10, 1842. From a poem in the New York Independent. Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind the gates of Hercules; Before him not the ghost of shores, The good mate said, " Now must we pray, For lo! the very stars are gone. Brave Adm'ral, speak; what...