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Poems for the Sea.
And leaves its poison in our veins,
We keep the feast this day,
But from the fearful cloud
Of dark intemperance free,
We thank the Giver of our joys,
The God of earth and sea;
And if in faithful love
His precepts we obey,
The whole of life's short voyage may prove
Like this Thanksgiving day.
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