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188 ' DURTS? GLRBS? ?,C. ALL'S WELL.--A D?S1CRT?D by the waning moon, �When stars proclaim nighCs cheerless .noon, On tower, or fort, or tented ground, The cantry walks his lonely round: And should a footstep haply stray Where ca?tion marks the guarded way-- Who goes there? stranger, quickly tell; A friend !--a friend !--good night !--all's. well. Or sailing on th? midnight deep, . While weary messnmtes sounelly sleep, The c?.reful watch patroles the deck, To guard the ship from foes or wreck: �And while his thoughts oft homeward veer, Some well known .voice salutes his What cheer! oh! brother, quickly toil, Above !--below !--good night !---ali's well. HOME.--A nVVCT. DOST 'thou love wanderingS. Whither wouldst thou Dream'st thou sweet daughter, of *t land more fair.* Dost.thou not love these aye-blue streams that ttow. ? Thee spicy forests! and this golden air.* 0, yes, I love the'woods, and stream,*, so gay*; And, more than all, 0 father, I love theo; Yet would I fain be wandering--far away, ? * Where. such things never were, nor e'er'shall be. Speak, mine own danghter with the sunbright locks.* To what pale banished region wouldst thou roarer 0 f?;ther, let ?s find our frozen rocks! Let's seeh that country of all countries,--Home? Seest thou these orange flowers? this palm, that rears Its head up tow'rds Heaven's blue and cloudle? dome.? o,?,?,?o?Google