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THE SEA-SERPENT. 
sic shades 55 where knowledge bursts sponta¬ 
neous forth, outshines in beauty all the maids 
that gather from the wealthy North. 
Here Love with Night and Morning came, 
with Shepherds, Gypsies, Nuns, and Princes, to 
light in every breast a flame, that, burning bright¬ 
ly, soon convinces Soldiers, Sailors, Cavalieros , 
that Love can vanquish even heroes. 
They were dancing merrily there, when the 
serpent came and looked in at the casement ; 
he never had before seen aught so fair. He was 
struck at once with a wild amazement, and de¬ 
clared he never could understand how they got 
up such splendid affairs on land, and vowed that 
a very costly beaver he’d send to-morrow to Mr. 
Weaver. At that window, beneath the shade of 
the curtain, two lovers, a Knight and a Gypsy, 
sat; that lovers like such nooks is certain,—if you 
please, see “ The Fable for Critics ” for that; 
— and it’s equally true that a cosy chat is vastly 
more agreeable and pleasant when there’s no dis¬ 
agreeable third party present. They supposed, 
