Oft dawns in clouds, while the cold, ceaseless rain
Fills up each pause in the wind’s moaning strain,
And forms of evil seem to haunt our way.
The sky seems brightest when the clouds depart!
Earth-woes make heaven still dearer to the heart.
| [2] | On his first arrival in Spain, Columbus asked for bread and water for his child, at the convent of La Rabida. |
V.—Columbus before the Council.[[3]]
A silver lining to on ebon cloud;[[4]]
A diamond flashing in Cimmerian cave;