A Poem. IN TWELVE BOOKS. BY AN AMERICAN. Samuel Jones Casse's NEW-YORK: PRINTED BY JOHN F. TROW, 49, 51 & 53 ANN-ST. 1850. M.Sm フレ In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New-York. 1925 29 Apr. Lockby. ANALYSIS. IN the following poem, our world is supposed to be under the ministry of angels. These heavenly hierarchs meet among the mountains of Chili, in South America, about the year 1450, to deliberate on the best mode of making known this continent to Europeans. The result of these deliberations is, that two of their number, Abdah and Habdiel, are delegated to spread the matter before the throne of the Eternal. In their journey through space, they light on two worlds, the one fallen, but not redeemed; the other unfallen. They afterwards reach the place of their destination, are entertained by Hallan, a former acquaintance, have interviews with Abraham, Adam, etc., and are finally admitted to the presence of the Son of God, where they obtain their petition. On their return, Abdah is appointed to suggest the matter to Columbus, then a youth at the college of Pavia, and also to superintend him in all his changes to the final consumination of the enterprise. He first appears to the youthful Genoese while musing on the banks of the Tesino, in the character of a Swiss shepherd. The suggestion makes the student restless; he longs to go to sea; is opposed by Ella, his betrothed; argues her into acquiescence; her tragical death; his voyage described to the foot of Italy. He coasts along the shores of Greece and the islands of the Ægean. A Turkish ship is taken, in which is found a Genoese captain, who relates to them the capture of Constantinople. He is shipwrecked afterwards on the coast of Portugal, where his Guardian Angel appears to him a second time, and encourages him to persevere. His marriage |