COLOMB

Page 26. This apostrophe to Columbus, the discoverer of a

new world, is by Schiller,

" Westward — Ho !

Brave sailor, onward ! undeterred by mockery or despair ! the land which the earthly eye sees not lies clear and real before thy soûl. Faith shall give reality to its own dreams, nor is genius unguarded of heaven."

19. Va toujours! toujours au couchant!: Go on and on towards the setting Sun! — Ce rivage que tu as deviné: That shore which thou hast divined. The antithesis is between the clearness with which the coast is presented to the mind's eye of Columbus, and the fact that it is still hidden from the actual sight.