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Hopes and Fears of a Wanderer in coming Home. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



NEARING HOME AND ANALOGIES FROM THE SEA. 



When one returneth from a distant land, 



Where he hath been in pilgrimage afar, 

 And seeks once more, his wanderings done, to stand 



Beneath the brightness of his country's star, 

 It is with beating heart and joyful eyes 



He views the long-remember'd scenes again, 

 The mountains far, ascending to the skies, 



The verdant hills more near, the flowering plain, 



The willow-shaded stream, the fields of golden grain. 



T. C. U. 



Inside Nantucket Shoals. 



IF a man be coming off a long voyage, or from 

 a lengthened absence in any foreign land, 

 without having been so fixed as to allow of a 

 frequent interchange of letters with those that 

 are dear to him, he must be singularly stupid 

 not to have throng thick into his mind many 

 thoughts, hopes, and fears, imaginations and 

 apprehensions, as he nears his native shores. 

 There are few so alone in the world as not to 

 have some dear friends to love and be anxious 

 about ; and two or three years will often make 



