Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COLUMBUS, by EDWARD COLLINS DOWNING First Line: The vision he foresaw Last Line: And monument. Subject(s): Columbus, Christopher (1451-1506); Explorers; Exploring; Discovery; Discoverers | ||||||||
The vision he foresaw Was more than faith -- was law To him, As if he must Be faithful to so great a trust, For he alone Had seen beyond the farthest rim Of sense The venture and the recompense. The vision was his own. He saw where sails had never flown, Where none had fared The course he dared. Beyond the sea He saw a greater world to be. He only had the will to steer From hemisphere to hemisphere, Inflexible in his intent When others' courage failed; And so he sailed and sailed, Till, where he saw his flag unfurled, The whole vast western world Became His fame And monument. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SHACKLETON by MADELINE DEFREES AMERICA IS HARD TO SEE by ROBERT FROST CONCERNING THE RIGHT TO LIFE by JORIE GRAHAM THE HEAD ON THE TABLE by JOHN HAINES PSALM OF THE WEST: SONNET ON COLUMBUS: 1 by SIDNEY LANIER PSALM OF THE WEST: SONNET ON COLUMBUS: 2 by SIDNEY LANIER PSALM OF THE WEST: SONNET ON COLUMBUS: 3 by SIDNEY LANIER PSALM OF THE WEST: SONNET ON COLUMBUS: 4 by SIDNEY LANIER AHAB AND JEZEBEL by EDWARD COLLINS DOWNING |
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