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THE DISCOVERER by HANIEL (CLARK) LONG

Poet Analysis

First Line: CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS / RUNS THROUGH THE GRASS
Last Line: WHITER THAN WHITE.
Subject(s): COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER (1451-1506); EXPLORERS; EXPLORING; DISCOVERY; DISCOVERERS;

Christopher Columbus
Runs through the grass, --
He hushes, he halts,
At the sight of a lass;
And the moment unlooked for
Has come to pass.

He marks her as seemly,
Approves her as right;
She stands in the brook
Like the falling of light,
More golden than gold,
Whiter than white.



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