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Cities and hamlets, up and down
This level highway to the sea,
Along the banks sit gray and brown,
Dim shadows musing dreamily.
Adown the river sloops and ships
Float slowly with the lazy tide;
And round the bluff a paddle dips,
Where once the storm-ship used to ride.
The vision widens as the morn
Sweeps through the portals of the day;
Purple and rosy mists adorn
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