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 "REEF SAILS."

a bark, with streamers gay O'er Hymen's waters sweep, Profusion dancing at the helm, And Prudence fast asleep,— Yet not by Labour's ancient chart A steady course it bent, But fed the waves with ether's gold When all its own was spent. Reef sails! Reef sails!—a whirlpool's nigh The thundering rapids sound,— Ho!—change your reckoning, ere ye sink In gulfs profound.