Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, by CLARENCE L. HAYNIE



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TO CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, by                    
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!





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