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The Argument	A
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Destruction of Peru foretold Grief of Columbus He is comforte the promise of a vision of future ages All Europe appears in vision Effect of the discovery of America upon the affairs of Europe Improvement in commerce government Revival of letters Order of the Jesuits Religious persecution Inquisition Rise and progress of more liberal principles Character of Raleigh who plans the settlement of North America Formation of the coast by the gulph stream Nature of the colonial establishments the first great asylum and infant empire of Liberty Liberty the necessary foundation of morals Delaware arrives with a reinforcement of new settlers to consolidate the colony of Virginia Night scene as contemplated by these patriarchs while they are sailing up the Chesapeak and are saluted by the river gods Prophetic speech of Potowmak Fleets of settlers from seyeral parts of Europe steering for America	B
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In one dark age beneath a single hand	C
Thus rose an empire in the savage land	C
Its wealth and power with following years increase	D
Its growing nations spread the walks of peace	D
Religion here that universal name	E
Man's proudest passion most ungovern'd flame	E
Erects her altars on the same bright base	F
That dazzled erst and still deludes the race	F
Sun moon all powers that forceful strike his eyes	G
Earth shaking storms and constellated skies	G
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Yet all the pomp his labors here unfold	H
The vales of verdure and the towers of gold	H
Those infant arts and sovereign seats of state	I
In short lived glory hasten to their fate	I
Thy followers rushing like an angry flood	J
Too soon shall drench them in the nation's blood	J
Nor thou Las Casas best of men shalt stay	K
The ravening legions from their guardless prey	K
O hapless prelate hero saint and sage	L
Foredoom'd with crimes a fruitless war to wage	L
To see at last thy life of virtue run	M
A realm unpeopled and a world undone	M
While pious Valverde mock of priesthood stands	N
Guilt in his heart the gospel in his hands	N
Bids in one field their unarm'd thousands bleed	O
Smiles o'er the scene and sanctifies the deed	O
And thou brave Gasca with persuasive strain	P
Shalt lift thy voice and urge thy power in vain	P
Vain are thy hopes the sinking land to save	Q
Or call her slaughter'd millions from the grave	Q
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Here Hesper paused Columbus with a sigh	R
Cast o'er the continent his moisten'd eye	R
And thus replied Ah hide me in the tomb	S
Why should I live to see the impending doom	S
If such foul deeds the scheme of heaven compose	T
And virtue's toils induce redoubled woes	T
Unfold no more but grant a kind release	D
Give me tis all I ask to rest in peace	D
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And thou shalt rest in peace the Saint rejoin'd	U
Ere these conflicting shades involve mankind	V
But broader views shall first thy mind engage	L
Years far advanced beyond this darksome age	L
Shall feast thee here the fruits of thy long care	W
A grateful world beneath thy ken shall share	W
Europe's contending kings shall soon behold	H
These fertile plains and hills of treasured gold	H
And in the path of thy adventurous sail	X
Their countless navies float on every gale	X
For wealth and commerce search the western shore	Y
And load each ocean with the shining ore	Y
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As up the orient heaven the dawning ray	K
Smiles o'er the hills and gives the promised day	K
Drives fraud and rapine from their nightly spoil	Z
And social nature wakes to various toil	Z
So from the blazing mine the golden store	Y
Mid rival states shall spread from shore to shore	Y
Unite their force its opulence to share	W
Extend the pomp but sooth the rage of war	Y
Wide thro the world while genius unconfined	V
Tempts loftier flights and opens all the mind	V
Dissolves the slavish bands of monkish lore	Y
Wakes the bold arts and bids the Muses soar	Y
Then shall thy northern climes their seats display	K
United nations there commence their sway	K
O'er earth and ocean spread their peerless fame	E
And send thro time thy patriarchal name	E
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Now turn thy view to Europe see the rage	L
Of feudal faction every court engage	L
All honest labor all commercial ties	G
Their kings discountenance their lords despise	G
The naked harbors looking to the main	P
Rear their kind cliffs and break the storms in vain	P
The willing wave no foreign treasures lade	A2
Nor sails nor cities cast a watery shade	A2
Save where yon opening gulph the strand divides	B2
Proud Venice bathes her in the broken tides	B2
Weds her tamed sea shakes every distant throne	C2
And deems by right the naval world her own	C2
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Yet must we mark the bondage of the mind	V
Spreads deeper glooms and subj ugates mankind	V
The zealots fierce whom local creeds enrage	L
In holy feuds perpetual combat wage	L
Support all crimes by full indulgence given	M
Usurp the power and wield the sword of heaven	M
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But lo where future years their scenes unrol	K
The rising arts inspire the venturous soul	K
From all the ports that cleave the coast of Spain	P
New fleets ascending streak the western main	P
From Tago's bank from Albion's rocky round	D2
Commercing squadrons o'er the billows bound	D2
Thro Afric's isles observe the sweeping sails	E2
Full pinions tossing in Arabian gales	E2
Indus and Ganges deep in canvass lost	F2
And navies crowding round Cambodia's coast	G2
New nations rise all climes and oceans brave	Q
And shade with sheets the immeasurable wave	Q
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See lofty Ximenes with solemn gait	I
Move from the cloister to the walks of state	I
And thro the factious monarchies of Spain	P
Curb the fierce lords and fix one royal reign	P
Behold dread Charles the imperial seat ascends	H2
O'er Europe's thrones his conquering arm extends	H2
While wealthier shores beneath the western day	K
Unfold their treasures to confirm his sway	K
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Roused at false glory's fascinating call	K
See Francis train the gallant youths of Gaul	K
O'erstrain the strength of her extended states	I2
Scale the proud Alps or burst their granite gates	I2
On Pavia's plain for Cesar's crown contend	J2
Of arms the votary but of arts the friend	J2
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And see proud Wolsey rise securely great	I
Kings at his call and mitres round him wait	I
From monkish walls the hoarded wealth he draws	K2
To aid the tyrant and restrain the laws	K2
Wakes Albion's genius neighboring princes braves	L2
And shares with them the commonwealth of waves	L2
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Behold dark Solyman from eastern skies	G
With his grim host magnificently rise	G
Wave his broad crescent o'er the Midland sea	M2
Thro vast Hungaria drive his conquering way	K
Crowd close the Christian powers and carry far	N2
The rules of homicide the lore of war	Y
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The Tuscan dukes excite a nobler strife	O2
Lorenzo calls the Fine Arts forth to life	O2
Fair nature's mimic maids whose powers divine	P2
Her charms develop and her laws define	P2
From sire to son the splendid labors spread	Q2
And Leo follows where good Cosmo led	Q2
Waked from the ground that Gothic rovers trod	R2
Starts the bronze hero and the marble god	R2
Monks prelates pontiffs pay the reverence due	S2
To that bold taste their Grecian masters knew	S2
Resurgent temples throng the Latian shore	Y
The Pencil triumphs and the Muses soar	Y
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O'er the dark world Erasmus rears his eye	R
In schoolman lore sees kings and nations lie	R
With strength of judgment and with fancy warm	T2
Derides their follies and dissolves the charm	U2
Tears the deep veil that bigot zeal has thrown	C2
On pagan books and science long unknown	C2
From faith in senseless rites relieves mankind	V
And seats bold virtue in the conscious mind	V
But still the frightful task to face alone	C2
The jealous vengeance of the papal throne	C2
Restrains his hand he gives the contest o'er	V2
And leaves his hardier sons to curb that power	V2
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Luther walks forth in yon majestic frame	E
Bright beam of heaven and heir of endless fame	E
Born like thyself thro toils and griefs to wind	V
From slavery's chains to free the captive mind	V
Brave adverse crowns control the pontiff sway	K
And bring benighted nations into day	K
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Remark what crowds his name ar	N2

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