A WELCOME TO AGASSIZ. 



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feLONG six hnudred miles of shore, 

 11 I heard one day the breakers roar 



'ft^^ A cheery sailor like refraiu 

 It sounded, far across the mam, 

 And like the mists it seemed to rise, 

 Or tears of joy in friendly eyes, 

 Until, in one grand peroration. 

 It bvust iu hearty salutation ! 



How the animal creation 



Had a welcome jubilation. 



And the sea-stars and Echinus 



Said, "We hope that he will find us; " 



And the whelks and periwinkles 



Laughed their faces full of wrinkles; 



And the crabs and lobsters, too, 



Drummed on their shells a brisk tattoo, 



And the OHopus punctntus 



Joined the jolly jubilators. 



While the festive trap-door spider 



Flung his gate a little wider. 



And the tree-toads in the willows. 



And the fishes in the billows. 



And the birds among the branches 



Of the trees upon the ranches. 



All in unison were humming, 



A welcome for the Master coming! 



