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Frederick
George Scott
COLLECTED
POEMS
Columbus
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He caught the words which ocean thunders hurled
On heedless eastern coasts
in days gone by,
And to his dreams the ever-westering
sky
The ensign of a glorious hope unfurled;
So, onward to the line of mists which curled
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Around
the setting sun, with steadfast eye,
He pushed his course, and,
trusting God on high,
Threw wide the portals of a larger world.
The heart that watched through those drear autumn
nights
The wide, dark sea, and
man’s new empire sought,
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Alone,
uncheered, hath wrought a deed sublime,
Which, like a star behind the polar lights,
Will shine through splendours
of man’s utmost thought
Down
golden eras to the end of time. [Page 125]
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