Show Columbus Behind him lay the gray Azores Behind the gates of ot Hercules Before him not the ghost of shores Before him only seas The good mate said Now must we pray prays For lo ho the tha very stars are gone Speak admiral what shall I say Why say Sail San on sail san on and on My Uy men grow mutinous day by day My men grow ghastly wan and weak The stout mate thought of home a spray Of salt wave washed his swarthy cheek What shall I say brave admiral say If It we sight naught but seas at dawn Why you shall say at break o 0 day Sail on sail sall on sail on and on They sailed and sailed salted as ns winds might blow Until at last the blanched mate said Why now not even God would know Should I and arid all my ray men fall faU d dead dad ad These very winds forget their way For God from these dread seas is gune Now speak brave admiral speak and ond say He said Sail Sall on sail saU on and on They sailed They sailed Then spoke the tha mate This mad sea shows its teeth tonight He curls his lip UP he lies lles In wait waft With lifted teeth as It If to bite Brave Biava admiral ay but ono one good word What shall we do when hope Is gone The words leaped as a l leaping sword Sail Salt on ont sail on sail on and on Then pale and worn he kept the deck deckAnd And nd peered through darkness Ah that night Of all dark nights And then a speck A light A light A A light A light It grew a starlit flag unfurled I It grew gr W to be Times burst of dawn He gained a world he gave that world work dd Its grandest lesson On a don donl Milter |