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The Building of the Ship.
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Choose the timbers with greatest care;Of all that is unsound beware;For only what is sound and strongTo this vessel shall belong.Cedar of Maine and Georgia pineHere together shall combine.A goodly frame, and a goodly fame,And the Union be her name!For the day that gives her to the seaShall give my daughter unto thee! ”
The Master's wordEnraptured the young man heard;And as he turned his face aside,With a look of joy and a thrill of pride,Standing beforeHer father's door,He saw the form of his promised bride.The sun shone on her golden hair,
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