The West: a Metrical Epistle

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The West: a Metrical Epistle
Francis Lieber
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When the pointing boom shall veer.
Leading through the parted Andes, While the nations cheer !
There at Suez, Europe's mattock Cuts the briny road with skill,* And must Darien bid defiance To the pilot still?
Do we breathe this breath of knowledge Purely to enjoy its zest ?
Shall the iron arm of science Like a sluggard rest ?
directed his westerly voyage, as Marco Polo had reached it by an eastward journey. Columbus having found that a continent de- barred him from continuing his westward cours
...e, persevered in searching for straits which would allow him a passage to his wished-for Catais.
* English, French, and Austrian engineers have actually set out to commence the ship canal through the Isthmus of Suez.
(Since this note was originally written, events of such ab- eK?rbJng' interest bnvo happened all o\ei'Ei\ao\5»,^2ftHX. >Qaa \bA

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