"Here on this ridge I do foresee fresh birth. That which departed shall bring side by side, The sea shall sever what hills did divide; Shall link in love." And there was joy on earth; Whilst England and Columbia, quitting fear, Kissed—and let in the eager waters there.
Sir Edwin Arnold, "Darien, A.D. 1513–A.D. 1901", st. 2; The Literary Digest, vol. 24, no. 10 (March 8, 1902), p. 337