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THE SEA-SERPENT. 
she sings the group remain ; at the close, a mental 
diadem from the circle there she is sure to gain. 
The song was o’er. — A strain arose from the 
deck of a schooner floating near. So still that 
hour of calm repose, each word sank deep on the 
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listener’s ear, and mingling with the manly tone, a 
maiden’s voice was gently heard : upfloating to 
their Father’s throne, this soft petition w T as 
preferred. 
“ Day unto day doth utter speech, 
And night to night Thy voice makes known ; 
Through all the earth, where thought may reach, 
Is heard the glad and solemn tone, 
And worlds, beyond the farthest star 
Whose light hath reached the human eye, 
Catch the high anthem from afar, 
That rolls along immensity. 
u O holy Father, ’mid the calm 
And stillness of the evening hour, 
We, too, would lift our solemn psalm 
To praise thy goodness and thy power; 
