 Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind, the Gates of Hercules; Before him not the ghost of shores; Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said: "Now must we pray, For lo! the very stars are gone. Brave Admiral, speak, what shall I say?  Texas School Journal - Page 2721904Full view - About this book
 | Sarah E. Sprague - Readers - 1904 - 268 pages
...called them out to face the bleak, blustering winds, and the unfriendly skies of cold, stormy March. 141 COLUMBUS. Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind,...the ghost of shores, Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said: "Now must we pray, For lo! the very stars are gone; Brave Admiral, speak, what... | |
 | Mary Elizabeth Burt - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1904 - 396 pages
...accomplish his end. This ic one of »ur greatest American poems. The writer still Kves in California BEHIND him lay the gray Azores, Behind the gates of...the ghost of shores, Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said: "Now must we pray, For lo ! the very stars are gone; Speak, Admiral, what shall... | |
 | Charles Carroll Albertson - 1904 - 108 pages
...outride it. Joaquin Miller gives us a noble picture of Columbus on his first voyage of discovery: " Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind the gates of...the ghost of shores, Before him only shoreless seas; The good mate said, ' Now must we pray, For lo ! ihe very stars are gone, Brave Admiral, speak, what... | |
 | Robert William Van Schoick - History - 1904 - 266 pages
...Crusaders and Discoverers, Christopher Columbus, of whom Joaquin Miller wrote this immortal verse: Behind him lay the gray Azores; Behind, the gates of Hercules: Before him not a ghost of shores: Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said: " Now must we pray, For, lo,... | |
 | Bridget Ellen Burke - Art and literature - 1904 - 268 pages
..." Songs of the Mexican Seas, " " Shadows of Shasta, " " Songs of Sun Lands, " and many other works. Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind the gates of Hercules; Before him on the ghost of shores, Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said, " Now we must pray, For... | |
 | Lewis Henry Jones - Readers - 1904 - 296 pages
...name is Cincinnatus Hiner Miller. Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind, the Gates of Hercules, 5 Before him not the ghost of shores, Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said, " Now must we pray, For lo ! the very stars are gone ; Brave Admiral, speak, what... | |
 | Augustus White Long - American Poetry (Collections) - 1905 - 380 pages
...have come from his pen. He lives in a picturesque house on the heights overlooking San Francisco Bay. COLUMBUS BEHIND him lay the gray Azores, Behind the...the ghost of shores, Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said: " Now must we pray, 5 For lo ! the very stars are gone. Brave Adm'r'l, speak, what... | |
 | Joe Mitchell Chapple - American literature - 1905 - 472 pages
...smile is meant It's worth a million dollars, and doesn't cost a cent. WD Nesbit, in Baltimore American. COLUMBUS Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind the...the ghost of shores. Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said: "Now must we pray. For lo! the very stars are gone. Brave Admiral, speak; what... | |
 | American literature - 1905 - 494 pages
..."All I ask is a square deal for every man." Theodore Roosevelt, May 6, 1903, at Grand Canyon, Aritont COLUMBUS. Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind the...the ghost of shores, Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said : "Now must we pray, For lo ! the very stars are gone. Brave Admiral, speak ; what... | |
 | Maxims - 1905 - 330 pages
...through the ransom Christ paid, Recruits, recruits for the Sunshine Brigade! — ALFRED J. WATEKHOUSE. COLUMBUS. Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind the...the ghost of shores; Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said : " Now must we pray, For lo! the very stars are gone. Brave Adm'r'l, speak; what... | |
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