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I. Where the wings of a sunny Dome expand / I saw a Banner in gladsome air- / Starry, like Berenice's Hair- / Afloat in broadened bravery there; / With undulating long-drawn flow, / As tolled Brazilian billows go / Voluminously o'er the Line.
The Land reposed in peace below; / The children in their glee / Were folded to the exulting heart / Of young Maternity.