Columbus

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Excerpt from Columbus: A Poem Columbus. - What Enigma, this, E'en Isabella's jewels haste to solve? Spain had an empty coffer, but, for these, Whose flash of scorn, well, nigh, replenished it Nor, had Columbus sailed, or, not, from Spain But, for the epoch, by her jewels, made. Ten thousand crowns, besides, three caravels - Is not Columbus, mad, and Isabel? Half thought so, Ferdinand, with Arragon, As, he, who pushing France ward, on an ass, To Isabella's plea, retraced his steps, To snatch a precious jewel, for Spain's brow, She may not lose, to any accident, Its blaze, as constant as the polar star's. Four centuries, ago, Queen Isabel Had pledged her jewels to a mariner's Conceit, of nearer India: thence the crown Of Leon and Castile, flashed with more gems, Than, tears, Columbus shed t' ingratitude, 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.