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Prayer of Columbus" is a poem written by American poet Walt Whitman. The poem evokes the enterprising spirit of the Christopher Columbus in a God -fearing light, who rediscovered the North American continent in 1492, leading to the colonization of the Americas by the emerging European powers.
The Columbiad (1807) is a philosophical epic poem by the American diplomat and man of letters Joel Barlow. It grew out of Barlow's earlier poem The Vision of Columbus (1787). Intended as a national epic for the United States, it was popular with the reading public and compared with Homer, Virgil and Milton. [citation needed]
Adelia Cleopatra Graves (pen name, Aunt Alice; March 17, 1821 - 1895) [1] was an American educator, author, and poet. At one time serving as Professor of Latin and Belles-lettres at Mary Sharp College, she went on to occupy the position of Matron and Professor of Rhetoric in the college. [2]
The Westminster Review referred to Miller's poetry as "Whitman without the coarseness". [56] For a time, Miller's poem "Columbus" was one of the most widely known American poems, memorized and recited by legions of schoolchildren. Miller is remembered today, among other reasons, for lines from his poem in honor of "Burns and Byron":
In his own time, Barlow was known especially for the epic poem The Columbiad, a later version of the Vision of Columbus (1807), [2] though modern readers [who?] rank The Hasty-Pudding (1793) more highly. As American consul at Algiers, he helped draft the Treaty of Tripoli in 1796, to end the attacks of Barbary pirates of North Africa city states.
Illustrative woodcut from the Latin edition of Columbus's letter printed in Basel in 1494. [1]A letter written by Christopher Columbus on February 15, 1493, is the first known document announcing the completion of his first voyage across the Atlantic, which set out in 1492 and reached the Americas.
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Highlights High Five is a younger children's counterpart to Highlights, first published with the January 2007 issue. [37] This children's magazine is for preschoolers ages two through five. [23] The goal of High Five is to help children develop and to give parent and child a fun and meaningful activity to do together each month. Every issue is ...