Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, by CLARENCE L. HAYNIE First Line: Forsaking drab genoa's winding streets Last Line: Beside the knowledge that the earth was round! Subject(s): Columbus, Christopher (1451-1506); Explorers; Exploring; Discovery; Discoverers | ||||||||
Forsaking drab Genoa's winding streets, You sought strange craft at anchor in the bay; Your dreams adrift beyond the fishing fleets, To unknown ports on some uncharted way. While old cathedral bells chimed silver beauty, Your argosies left Palos with the sun; The earth was round ... the proof became your duty ... The endless voyage westward was begun. How proudly beat your heart when you returned In triumph to adopted Spain, and glory; To know you had not failed, and men had learned Your dream was true; incredible, the story. What mattered that a continent was found, Beside the knowledge that the earth was round! | 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 GOTHIC CATHEDRAL by CLARENCE L. HAYNIE |
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