Excerpt from Song of the RiversSpain fed the fire Of that young soul A queen bestowed her smile Launched onward to the goal, TO continent or isle, Bidding Futurity, 'all hail, ' Those heroes Of the tide set sail.Glory allures with phantom arms Man's soul to her embrace.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.