Straits of Magellan
James Montgomery
Gliding through Magellan's Straits,
Where two oceans ope their gates,
What a glorious scene awaits!
The immense Pacific smiles,
Round ten thousand little isles,
Haunts of violence and wiles.
But the powers of darkness yield,
For the Cross is in the field,
And the light of life revealed.
Rays from rock to rock it darts,
Conquers adamantine hearts,
And immortal bliss imparts.
This is a fragment of the long poem A Voyage Round the World.
