Excerpt from The Columbiad: An Epic Poem on the Discovery of America and the West Indies by Columbus; In Twelve Books Say, F ather Thames, if Indian fleets e'er rode Within thy ports their treafures to unload; Say, whence thefe dreadful dangers, whence thy (on, 0 Virtue, was compell'd through toils to run; What caufes urg'd the man (0 jufi in deed, Humane in mind, whofe heart would ever bleed At Others' woe, and human nature weigh Indian or Chrifiian with compaffion's ray, To undergo misfortune's baneful train, The good of man his folace and his gain? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.