Identifier: christophercolum00ryan (find matches)
Title: Christopher Columbus in poetry, history and art
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Ryan, Sara Agnes
Subjects: Columbus, Christopher
Publisher: Chicago, The Mayer and Miller company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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The battle-ax and barbed spear their worthIn deadly combat on the tented field ; Those fabled days so vaguely seen are gone,Though battered walls and crumbling towers may sighAnd dream of chivalry : yet comes the dawnOf centuries which myth and mould defy.Whose rays of promise, brighter than the sun,Spread far and near when brave Columbus won. (The New.)The nations marching from the mystic past.Or through the dark uncertainty and gloomOf fated epochs bearing on their doom, 154 Ignominy and Death. Behold afarâtoo far for hope to last,Or feudal thrones to bind a people fast âA world of beauty and of sweet perfume,A land of golden hues and vernal bloom.Spanned only by the arc of heaven so vast : No worm-gnawed parchments need proclaimthe rights, Where simple worth, spurred by the pulse ofyouth. Inspires a nation and restores to sight The long-lost palms of Liberty and Truth. Proud Realm of western grandeur and re-nown ! Thou seekest only good the New to crown. âW. J. Crandall, 155
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Stiitui of (oluinl)Lis nt Santo I>oiniiigo, I)oininioan Kepu))lii There is now on foot a movement to erect another nioniinienl in this Reiiublic lo the inimottal discoverer nearthe spot where he made his home and left so many permanent records of himself. William E. Pulliam.for a number of years receiver general of customs in the Dominican Republic, is leading the movement toraise a fund of $500,000 by contributions from all the American Republics with which to build a suitablemonument in the form of a powerful beacon, to be known as the Columbus Light. From the P.ui-Amnicin Bulletin. CHAPTER VIL POSTHUMOUS GLORY:THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. The Bibliotek Columbina at Seville, foundedby the liberal donations of thousands ofvolumes, by Columbuss son Ferdinand, is aliterary monument to his memory. Collectedthere are his letters and writings and many ofthe valuable manuscripts pertaining to his lifeand works. His tomb in the cathedral of Santo Domingowhere his remains repose is worthy of him

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