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"Adieu, adieu! my native shore / Fades o'er the waters blue; / The night-winds sigh, the breakers roar, / And shrieks the wild sea-mew. / Yon sun that sets upon the sea / We follow in his flight; / Farewell awhile to him and thee, / My native land -- good night! " / -- BYRON.
The _Zingara_ had been two days and nights at sea. Whatever might be her fate eventually, she had made a glorious start. The soft and balmy spring wind blew steadily from the west, no higher a breeze than that which a sailor loves, and no heavier a sea.