Such darknesses as Valley Forge's camp,

And seas, deep hell's sky-reaching, broadening fount,

Honor!" The ages shout on Triumph's tramp.

[!-- H2 anchor --]

THE SUNKEN CONTINENT

When hurled from heaven, 'tis thought, the fiends of pride

Caught Earth to brake their fall. The regions gave

And sank with all the hosts beneath the wave!

'Tis in those sunken regions which divide

The new world of the resolute and brave,