Across the Andes
Author: first_name: Charles Johnson
last_name: Post
Language: English
Year: 1912

<i>“The legion that never was listed,”<br>
The soft-lilting rhythm and song,<br>
The starlight, and shadowy tropics,<br>
The palms—and all that belong;<br>
The unknown that ever persisted<br>
In dreams that were epics of bliss,<br>
Of glory and gain without effort—<br>
And the visions have faded, like this.<br></i>
-- (Excerpt from the opening poem, "The Tropics"