Last Sunday nittht Diego saw a witch
Dragging the Nina by her forechains west,
And wildly daucing on a dolphin's back;
j And as she danced, the brightest star in
heaven
, Slip) e I from its leash and sprang into the
i sea
! hike Lucifer, and left a trail of blood.
1 I pray thee, Master, turn again to Spain,
j Obedient to the omens, or, perchance,
j The terror-stricken crew, to escape thvir
j doom,
i miitiii.- 'mil"
" Comez llascon, peace!"
Exclaimed the Admiral; " thou hast said
enough.
Now. prithee, leave me. 1 would be alone."
Then eagerly Columbus sought a sign
In sea and sky and in his lonely heart,
And found, instead of presages of hope,
The black and ominous portents of despair.
The w ild winds roared around hint and
he heard
Shrill voices crv, "lteturn! Heturn! He
turn:" lie thought of Cenoa and dreanjs of youth,
ljis father's warnings and his mother's
prayers,
Confiding lleatriz and the prattling babe.
The life and mirth and warmth of old Cas
tile, Tho tempting comfort of the peaceful land,
And sad winds moaned, "lteturn! lteturn!
Keturn!
As thus he inured he paced the after deck
And gazed upon the luminous waves
astern.
Strange life was in the phosphorescent
foam.
i And thro' the goblin glow there came and
went,
Like elfin shadows on an opal sea,
Frophetic pictures of the land he sought.
He saw the end of his victorious quest;
He saw ablaze on Isabella's breast
The gorgeous Antillean jewels rest.
The islands of the West.
He saw invading Plenty dispossess
Old Poverty, the land wtl bounty bless,
And through the wailing caverns of. dis
tress
Walk btar-eyed Happiness.
