6/27/2023 0 Comments Joel barlow the columbiadThe Bear redoubling foams with fiery joles,Īnd two dire dragons twine two arctic poles. Paint their fresh forms beneath the placid main įair Cynthia here her face reflected laves,īright Venus gilds again her natal waves, Veil'd the vast world with sudden shades of night.Įarth, sea and heaven, where'er he turns his eye,Īrch out immense, like one surrounding sky A similar system to be extended over the whole earth. Hesper, in answer, exhibits the great distinction between the ancient and modern state of the arts and of society. Columbus proposes his doubts alleges in support of them the successive rise and downfal of ancient nations and infers future and periodical convulsions. He traces their progress from the birth of the universe to the present state of the earth and its inhabitants asserts the future advancement of society, till perpetual peace shall be established. Hesper answers, that all things in the physical as well as the moral and intellectual world are progressive in like manner. Columbus inquires the reason of the slow progress of science, and its frequent interruptions. Night scene, as contemplated from the mount of vision.
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