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anecdote of a boy, etc.
And yonder lies the palm crown'd isle,
With stretch of pure white strand;
The eddying waters bear him on,
Till safely reached, the land!
With stretch of pure white strand;
The eddying waters bear him on,
Till safely reached, the land!
Deliver'd from the bounding main,
With cheerful heart once more,—
He feels his foot hath touched the reef,
And safely greets the shore.
With cheerful heart once more,—
He feels his foot hath touched the reef,
And safely greets the shore.
'Tis gained—he weary sinks to rest,
The life buoy for his pillow;
And sleeps once more, on palmy isle,
Saved from the wrathful billow!
The life buoy for his pillow;
And sleeps once more, on palmy isle,
Saved from the wrathful billow!
