Acrostic poem for the word colonies

An acrostic poem is a type of poem in which the first or last letters in a line spell out a particular word or phrase.

For example:

Coming from Europe,

On and on we go.

Luckily, we are here now.

Onwards! I see it clearly.

New land, new promises.

I cannot believe my eyes.

Exclaim for our new homes!

Saved, saved we are!

answer; severe;

answer; early greeks were econimically stagnant and cut off from other near eastern civilizations;