...enjoyed writing. THE AUTHORS PART I AMERICAN HISTORY CHAPTER I COLUMBUS AND THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise, The queen of the world and the child of the skies. — TIMOTHY DWIGHT. Knowledge of the World in the Fifteenth Century. — The real history of America...

...Three Men of Letters, 1895. COLUMBIA Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise, The queen of the world, and child of the skies ! Thy genius commands thee; with...unfold. Thy reign is the last, and the noblest of time, 5 Most fruitful thy soil, most inviting thy clime ; Let the crimes of the east ne'er crimson thy name,...

...Washington's army at West Point, a patriotic poem called "Coumbia," the first stanza of which we quote: Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise. The queen of the...the skies! Thy genius commands thee; with rapture THE STORY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE Thy reign is the last and the noblest of time; Most fruitful thy soil,...

...expir'd ; Perfumes, as of Eden, flow'd sweetly along, And a voice, as of angels, enchantingly sung: "Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise, The queen of the world and the child of the skies." THE DEATH OF ARAM [FROM "THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN," BOOK I. 1785] And now bright Phosphor wak'd the dawning...

...of scorn, , Before thine eye Upon their lips the taunt shall die. WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. COLUMBIA. COLUMBIA, Columbia, to glory arise, The queen of the world, and the child of the akies ! Thy genius commands thee ; with rapture behold, While ages on ages thy splendors unfold. Thy...

...in his hymns ("I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord"), in his patriotic song, • Columbia, Columbia, to £lory arise, The Queen of the world and the child of the skies, in his monstrous epic, in his "Triumph of Infidelity" (1788) (dedicated to Voltaire!), and even in...

...the pall of endless night. COLUMBIA COLUMBIA, Columbia, to glory arise, The queen of the world, and child of the skies! Thy genius commands thee; with...Thy reign is the last, and the noblest of time, Most fruitful thy soil, most inviting thy clime; Let the crimes of the east ne'er encrimson thy name. Be...

...Columbia" began with the stirring lines: "Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise, The queen of the world a'nd child of the skies ! Thy genius commands thee; with...behold, While ages on ages thy splendors unfold." Songs of real merit were scarce, and D wight's productions were eagerly caught up and sung everywhere...

...expir'd; Perfumes, as of Eden, flow'd sweetly along, And a voice, as of angels, enchantingly sung; "Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise, The queen of the world, and the child of the skies." A SONG LOOK, lovely maid, on yonder flow'r, And see that busy fly, Made for the enjoyment of an hour...

...; Perfumes, as of Eden, flow'd sweetly along, . « And a voice, as of angels, enchantingly sung: ' our ba S' skie».' (1777) PSALM CXXXVII I love thy kingdom, Lord, The house of thine abode, The church, our blest...