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THE SEA-SERPENT. 
If ye hope to see the people 
To your busy schemes resigned. 
v. 
“To found another empire,” — 
Ah ! but it still shall be 
An offshoot of the parent stem, 
A scion of the tree ; 
To set another brilliant 
In the azure of our flag, 
That long shall float in splendor 
From shore and lofty crag. 
VI. 
Avaunt! ye idle dreamers, 
Who think that men must be 
Divided by a river, 
Or embittered by a sea ! 
We will teach the world a lesson 
That we freemen ne’er forget ; 
Howe’er asunder driven, 
We ’re a band of brothers yet. 
