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The Building of the Ship.
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To feel the stress and the strainOf the wind and the reeling main,Whose roarWould remind them forevermoreOf their native forests they should not see again.
And everywhereThe slender, graceful sparsPoise aloft in the air,And at the mast head,White, blue, and red,A flag unrolls the stripes and stars.Ah! when the wanderer, lonely, friendless,In foreign harbors shall beholdThat flag unrolled,'T will be as a friendly handStretched out from his native land,Filling his heart with memories sweet and endless!
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