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SPIRIT LONGINGS.

I look upon life's glorious things,
 The deathless themes of song,
The grand, the proud, the beautiful,
 The wild, the free, the strong,
And wish that I might take a part
 Of what to them belong.

Behold, the fearless Ship goes forth,
 Where ocean billows sweep;
Proud as a steed, swift as a bird,
 She dashes through the deep!
Her drapery of snowy sail
 Around her stately form,—
Majestic Juno in the calm,
 Bellona in the storm!