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By the Seaside.
All is finished! and at lengthHas come the bridal dayOf beauty and of strength.To-day the vessel shall be launched!With fleecy clouds the sky is blanched,And o'er the bay,Slowly, in all his splendors dight,The great sun rises to behold the sight.
The ocean old,Centuries old,Strong as youth, and as uncontrolled,Paces restless to and fro,Up and down the sands of gold.His beating heart is not at rest;And far and wide,With ceaseless flow,His beard of snowHeaves with the heaving of his breast.
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