worlds of Europe and Asia, fate driving each, met and
crashed together—has reached the ears of the man, if
such there be, whom earth’s last corner withdraws from 25
the wash of ocean, and his too who is parted from his fellows
by the zone that lies midmost among the four, the zone of
the tyrannous sun. From the jaws of that deluge flying
over many and mighty waters, we ask of you for our
country’s gods a narrow resting-place—the harmless 30
privilege of the coast, and the common liberty of water and
air. We shall be no disgrace to your kingdom, nor light