Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
America: Vols. XXV–XXIX. 1876–79. | | | | Introductory to America | | Columbus | | Friedrich von Schiller (1759–1805) |
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STEER, bold mariner, on! albeit witlings deride thee, | |
| And the steersman drop idly his hand at the helm. | |
| Ever and ever to westward! there must the coast be discovered, | |
| If it but lie distinct, luminous lie in thy mind. | |
| Trust to the God that leads thee, and follow the sea that is silent; | 5 |
| Did it not yet exist, now would it rise from the flood. | |
| Nature with Genius stands united in league everlasting; | |
| What is promised by one, surely the other performs. | | | | |
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