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The Clipper Ship Era
"God bless her wheresoe'er the breeze
Her snowy wings shall fan,
Beside the frozen Hebrides
Or sultry Hindostan!
"Where'er, in mart or on the main,
With peaceful flag unfurled.
She helps to wind the silken chain
Of commerce round the world.
"Her pathway on the open main
May blessings follow free,
And glad hearts welcome back again
Her white sails from the sea!"
The guests were landed in boats at Phillips's wharf, in time to reach their homes by the early evening trains, and on the following day the R. B. Forbes towed the Witch of the Wave to Boston, where she loaded in Glidden & Williams's Line for San Francisco, under the command of Captain J. Hardy Millett.
