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VERSES

FOUND IN A BOTTLE ON THE SHORE OF THE GULF OF MEXICO.

FAREWELL, old friends, if I may call

One man among you friend,

Assembled to recount my fall,

And mourn my lively end.

If you would know what has me sent

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To drown in this ship Spirm,

'T was being greedy and so bent

On getting a Third Term.

Throughout my life I have been lucky;

Yes, luck has made my mark.

I got West Point by being plucky,

In grinding up tan bark.

With heart as hard as any flint,

I battled through our wars,

And earned my shoulder-straps by dint

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