Cuba
Spake one upon the vessel's prow, before The sinking sun had kissed the glittering seas: "'Twas here Columbus with his Genoese Steered his frail barks toward the unknown store, With hope unfaltering, though all hope seemed o'er; Calm 'mid the mutineers the prophet mind Saw the New World to which their eyes were blind, Heard on its continents the breakers' roar, Told of the golden promise of the main, While cursed his crew, and called a madman's dream The land his ashes only hold for Spain! It rose on dim horizon with the gleam Of morn, proclaiming to the kneeling throng All treasures theirs, because one heart was strong."
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