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...death, careering on the gale, Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, 40 And frighted waves rush wildly back, Before the broadside's reeling rack : Each dying...of the sea, Shall look at once to heaven and thee; In triumph, o'er his closing eye. And smile to see thy splendor fly, By angel hands to valor given...

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...back Ucfore the broadside's reeling rack, Each dyinc wanderer of the tea Shall look at oмe to Acaren and thee, And smile to see thy splendors fly In triumph o'er his closing eye." Let us turn to the most original of Drake's writings, that on which his fame as a poet chiefly rests...

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...broadside's reeling rack. Each dying wanderer of th« frea, Shall look, at once, to heaven — and thse, And smile — to see thy splendors fly. In triumph...— o'er his closing eye. Flag of the free heart's only home! By angel hands — to valor given; Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues—were...

...the bellied sail, 30 And frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack ; The dying wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendours fly, In triumph o'er the closing eye. Flag of the free heart's only home, By angel hands...

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