(ANONYMOUS.)
Every man has within himself a continent of undiscovered character. Happy is he who acts the Columbus to his own soul.
A SUPERIOR SOUL.
(CLADERA. SPANISH.)
His soul was superior to the age in which he lived. For him was reserved the great enterprise of traversing that sea which had given rise to so many fables, and of deciphering the mystery of his time.
COLUMBUS DARED THE MAIN.
Samuel Rogers. (See post, page 275.)
When first Columbus dared the Western main,
Spanned the broad gulf, and gave a world to Spain,
How thrilled his soul with tumult of delight,
When through the silence of the sleepless night
Burst shouts of triumph.
THE WORLD A SEAMAN'S HAND CONFERRED.
J. R. Lowell. (See post, page 204.)