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By the Seaside.
Behold, at last,Each tall and tapering mastIs swung into its place;Shrouds and staysHolding it firm and fast!
Long ago,In the deer-haunted forests of Maine,When upon mountain and plainLay the snow,They fell,—those lordly pines!Those grand, majestic pines!'Mid shouts and cheersThe jaded steers,Panting beneath the goad,Dragged down the weary, winding roadThose captive kings so straight and tall,To be shorn of their streaming hair,And, naked and bare,
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