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Show ~rt an be ~rcc. UNBOU,.DED in thy expanse-far reaching From shore to shore-ever beautiful Arc thy crystal watcrs-0 sea. Beautiful-when thy waves, the white pebbles lave, When the weary sea-birds sleep, upon the bosom of the deep. But when thy storm-pressed billows burst, 'l'hc grasp which man would "lay upon thy mane," Then do I most love thee, sea, 'l'hou emblem of the Free. When above me beam the stars, Ilow beautiful in their infinitude of JigH, O'er the blue heavens spread, like gc.ne Upon the brow of youth! Far, far away, beyond the pa''L> no day, LET ALL BE FREE. ! fore glorious yet, as suns which never set, In darkness never I but shining forever! You arc more loved by me- Yo emblems of the Free. All earth of the beautiful is full. 249 Beautiful tl•c streams which leave the rural vales, F1 iugcd with scarlet berries and leafy green I 0 world of color; inJlnitc, and lines of ever-varying grace, Ilow by sea and shore art thou ever beautiful! But the torrent rushing by, and the eagle in the sky, The Alpine heights of snow where man does never go, More lovely arc to me, For they arc F,-ce. Beautiful is man, and yet more beautiful Woman : coupled by bare circumstance Of place or gold, still beautiful. But this. must fade I Only the soul, grows never old : 'rhcy most agree, who most are free: Liberty is the food of love I 11* |
