The Columbiad
The Columbiad by Joel Barlow, available in Auren as a public-domain ebook in the United States.
Book I
Subject of the Poem, and invocation to Freedom—Condition of Columbus in a Spanish prison—His monologue on the great actions of his life, and the manner in which they had been rewarded—Appearance and speech of Hesper, the guardian Genius of the western continent—They quit the dungeon and ascend the mount of vision, which rises over the western coast of Spain; Europe settling from their sight, and the Atlantic ocean spreading far beneath their feet—Continent of America draws into view, and is described by its mountains, rivers, lakes, soil and some of the natural productions.
I sing the Mariner who first unfurl’d
An eastern banner o’er the western world,
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