All Europe burning bright, rising a rich Queen.

Holy Church with_ _another cubit to her stature.

Christopherus Columbus, the Discoverer, the Enricher, the Deliverer! Queen Isabella, and on her cheeks a flush of gratitude; all the Spanish court bowing low.

All the friends, the kindred, all so blessed! Sons, brothers; Genoa, and Domenico Colombo clad in velvet, dining with the Doge_.
Dolphins were all about us; once there rose a cry from the mariners that they heard singing over the waves.

We held breath and listened, but if they were sirens they ceased their song.