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Knucklebutt

14 June, 14:06

Read these lines of poetry:

Behind him lay the gray Azores,

Behind the Gates of Hercules;

Before him not the ghost of shores,

Before him only shoreless seas.

The good mate said: "Now must we pray,

For lo! the very stars are gone.

Brave Admiral, speak, what shall I say?"

Who is the "Brave Admiral" in these lines?

A.

George Washington

B.

Langston Hughes

C.

Christopher Columbus

D.

Abraham Lincoln