Columbus

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Excerpt from Columbus: An Historical and Romantic Drama, in Three Acts Columbus. Now the spangled frontage of the heavens Roofs in the open temple of the night, And silence tolls its psalm - it tolls proud hope Of grand adventure to eternal rest. Later than the turn of the moon that's past, I asked the King to grant a caravel Or two, to try the venturous voyage. He paused, then mumbled that the rapid needs Of war conferred upon coin a double count. Pray delay, he said, until that plenty-day When the proud Alhambra's topmost tower Strikes the unholy crescent to our flag, Then your attendance I shall welcome once Again. Crushed a seventh time in seven years, I stood, run out of words. But as darkening clouds That break not silence whilst they gather, My silent soul gathered all its forces, Then it rumbled 'gainst the sunshine of the King, And in resenting thunders I humbled For once, at least, the slippery majesty Of Ferdinand. Seven wasted years Outside the battlements of royalty Have I lurked, and mixed with scullions, to learn The ways and tempers of puffed officials, Whose pompous intercessions were feathers In a flaw, and deceptive obligations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.