In a recent number (p. 325.) MR. M. COLLINS objects to--

"Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in _vain_!"

and exclaims, "_In vain!_" Why, did not Columbus, &c.? But this

criticism also overlooks the meaning of the passage. The fleets traverse

the ocean quite in vain, as to producing any permanent traces, as is

explained in the very next words:

"Man marks _the earth_ with ruin: his control

Stops with the shore," &c.