THUS from a foreign clime rich merchants come, And thus unlade their rarities at home: Thus undergo an acceptable toil, With treasures to enrich their native soil. They for themselves, for others you unfold A cargo swoln with diamonds and gold. With indefatigable travels, they The trading world, the learned you, survey; And for renown with great Columbus vie, In subterranean cosmography. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AUTUMN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON IN LOVE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TO THE MEMORY OF MY BELOVED MASTER WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE by BEN JONSON TO STATECRAFT EMBALMED by MARIANNE MOORE BOSTON by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON |