p. 189, the entry for Crux: "Von Humboldt, in his Voyage to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, alluding to the Portuguese and Spaniards, wrote:
A religious sentiment attaches them to a constellation thee form of which recalls the sign of the faith planted by their ancestors in the deserts of the New World;--
a thought which Mrs. Hemans beautifully expressed in her Cross of the South where the Spanish traveler says:
But to thee, as thy lode-stars resplendently burn In their clear depths of blue, with devotion I turn, Bright Cross of the South! and beholding thee shine, Scarce regret the loved land of the olive and vine. Thou recallest the ages when first o'er the main My fathers unfolded the ensign of Spain, And planted their faith in the regions that see Its imperishing symbol ever blazoned in thee.
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Date: 2005-10-29 01:52 am (UTC)---L.
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Date: 2005-10-29 02:10 am (UTC)"Von Humboldt, in his Voyage to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, alluding to the Portuguese and Spaniards, wrote:
a thought which Mrs. Hemans beautifully expressed in her Cross of the South where the Spanish traveler says:
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Date: 2005-10-29 02:12 am (UTC)The 'thee' in the Von Humboldt quote is actually 'the'. The other 'thee's are, in fact, 'thee'.
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Date: 2005-10-29 02:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-29 05:30 pm (UTC)---L.