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THREE STAVES.

But O for a star mid angry clouds,

And O for some helping hand!

'T is a cruel night, a raging deep,

No sign of the friendly land.

My creaking bark is tossed about

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Like a plaything by the sea;

Sad is my heart, for well I know

She watches and weeps for me.

O God! that th' weary voyage was o'er,

And my good ship safely home;

Then would I rest, and ne'er again

On the treacherous ocean roam.

III.

Some drifting boards, a broken spar,

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