Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 74
So ended here,the eager cruise The Half-Moon made of old;So failed the dream that led them far In quest of Indias gold.Then southward turned her prow again — Back through the wonderland,Brave Hudson and his sturdy crew To Hollands distant strand. XI But still the mighty River runs In shade or sunny… … Beyond the guarded mountain gates The hills retreated far,And softly crept the stealthy tides Past cape and sandy bar.A hundred miles they sailed and sailed, And half a hundred more,Before the shallows barred their way Along the winding shore. Down from the hills the river came, Fraught with…
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