From The Herald, New York, 24th November 1837
Cooper.
He was the first who ever told
The history of those warriors bold,
The dark, stern race, whose fated age
Has little left besides his page.
And he has told how death and toil
Were round the settlers on the soil,
Who left their native vales, to be
Free as they even now are free.
Now, in the great and glorious hour
That yet awaits Columbia's power,
When, save his line, the past is dim,
Now will she read her youth in him.
From The Bookworm, page 280
"He was the first who ever told
The history of those warriors bold—
The dark, stern race, whose fated age
Has little left besides his page.
And he has told how death and toil
Were round the settlers on the soil,
Who left their native vales to be
Free, as they even now are free.
Now, in the great and glorious hour,
That yet awaits Columbia's power,
When, save his line, the past is dim—
Now she will read her youth in him."
