Excerpt from The West: A Metrical Epistle

Could I unroll a song in floating numbers,
As proud and graceful as our banner waves
Upon your lakes, which dare to rival seas,
Could I for lusty boatmen rhyme a chant
To mark the splashing metre of the oar,

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