Columbus in Chains a Prize Poem Recited in the Theatre Oxford July V Mdcccxl
Columbus in Chains a Prize Poem Recited in the Theatre Oxford July V Mdcccxl
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Soon speeding from the Western Isles again The vessel tracks her homeward course to Spain, And bears, a noble freight, like midnight thief With fetters bound, the gallant Island-Chief A host of passions strive for mastery now Upon his furrowed cheek and knitted brow ; Dark thoughts of vengeance, pride, despair, disdain, All chase each other through his wildered brain ; So, in a weary vision of the night, An hour before the breaking of the light, Upon the dim white wall in shadowy throng A line ...of phantoms glides in haste along, And still before the sleeper's mind perplexed Each, as it passes, beckons up the next.
The galling fetters clank upon his hands, . As gazing from the lofty stern he stands, A darkening gloom shed o'er his face and form, Like the hot calm before the thunder-storm.
10 COLUMBUS IN CHAINS.
His fancy wanders o'er those olden days When every tongue proclaimed the Adventurer's praise, Ere yet the rumours of ungenerous Fame Engrained a blot upon his honoured name Old memories rouse him from his dreamful trance, His whole soul kindles into utterance ; The blighting thought of all his cruel ill A moment checks the current of his will Till, as a wave beneath some jutting rock Recoils a moment from the thundering shock, Then bursts with two-fold vigour on the beach, Forth flows the long-pent tide of struggling speech " Farewell, blest Isles, beneath whose peaceful shade I fondly hoped my course might yet be staid, Till mighty Wisdom should her lore impart, And guide the savage in the paths of art ; Till, wrought by toiling hands, the virgin field 6 The bounteous offspring of its womb should yield ; " In this Island .
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Soon speeding from the Western Isles again The vessel tracks her homeward course to Spain, And bears, a noble freight, like midnight thief With fetters bound, the gallant Island-Chief A host of passions strive for mastery now Upon his furrowed cheek and knitted brow ; Dark thoughts of vengeance, pride, despair, disdain, All chase each other through his wildered brain ; So, in a weary vision of the night, An hour before the breaking of the light, Upon the dim white wall in shadowy throng A line ...of phantoms glides in haste along, And still before the sleeper's mind perplexed Each, as it passes, beckons up the next.
The galling fetters clank upon his hands, . As gazing from the lofty stern he stands, A darkening gloom shed o'er his face and form, Like the hot calm before the thunder-storm.
10 COLUMBUS IN CHAINS.
His fancy wanders o'er those olden days When every tongue proclaimed the Adventurer's praise, Ere yet the rumours of ungenerous Fame Engrained a blot upon his honoured name Old memories rouse him from his dreamful trance, His whole soul kindles into utterance ; The blighting thought of all his cruel ill A moment checks the current of his will Till, as a wave beneath some jutting rock Recoils a moment from the thundering shock, Then bursts with two-fold vigour on the beach, Forth flows the long-pent tide of struggling speech " Farewell, blest Isles, beneath whose peaceful shade I fondly hoped my course might yet be staid, Till mighty Wisdom should her lore impart, And guide the savage in the paths of art ; Till, wrought by toiling hands, the virgin field 6 The bounteous offspring of its womb should yield ; " In this Island .
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