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SONG OF EMIGRATION.
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And our works unto many a lake's green shore,
Where the Indian's graves lay, alone, before."

"But who shall teach the flowers,
    Which our children loved, to dwell
In a soil that is not ours?
    —Home, home and friends, farewell!"