 BEHIND him lay the gray Azores, Behind the Gates of Hercules ; Before him not the ghost of shores, Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said: "Now must we pray, For lo! the very stars are gone. Brave Admiral, speak, what shall I say?  Poems of American History - Page 14redigeeritud poolt - 1908 - 704 lehteFull view - About this book
 | 1920 - 618 lehte
...admirable in cadence, clear depth of philosophic suggestiveness, and the brilliance of literary finish. Behind him lay the gray Azores Behind the Gates of...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 on! sail on!... | |
 | 1891 - 642 lehte
...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... | |
 | William Thomas Stead - 1892 - 682 lehte
...on 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...must we pray, For lo ! the very stars are gone. Brave Adm'rl, speak ; what shall I say 1 " " Why, say : ' Sail on ! sail on I and on ! '" They sailed and... | |
 | John Marcus Dickey - 1892 - 506 lehte
...the 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...must we pray, For lo! the very stars are gone. Brave Adm'ral, speak; what shall I say?" "Why say, 'Sail on! sail on! and on!"' " My men grow mutinous day... | |
 | John Marcus Dickey - 1892 - 472 lehte
...the 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...must we pray, For lo! the very stars are gone. Brave Adm'ral, speak; what shall I say?" " Why say, ' Sail on! sail on! and on! '" " My men grow mutinous... | |
 | 1892 - 734 lehte
...when 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...Now must we pray, For lo ! the very stars are gone. Speak, admiral ! what shall I say ?' Why, say ' sail on ! sail on ! and on ! '" The great poets are... | |
 | 1892 - 396 lehte
...— yet forlorn ! COLUMBUS. JOAQUIN MILLER. [Written expressly for and recited by MBS. FRAKK LESLIE.] BEHIND him lay the gray Azores, Behind the Gates of...must we pray, . For lo ! the very stars are gone. Speak, Admiral, what shall I say? " " Why say, 'Sail on! sail on! and on! ' " " My men grow mutinous... | |
 | 1892 - 828 lehte
...never 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...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,... | |
 | Mara Louise Pratt-Chadwick - 1892 - 188 lehte
...settle a colony while Columbus returned to Spain to report the result of this voyage across the ocean. Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind the gates of Hercules ; Before him not the ghost of shores, Hefore him only shoreless seas. The good mate said : " Now must we pray, For lo ! the very stars are... | |
 | John Marcus Dickey - 1892 - 484 lehte
...the 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... | |
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