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Lines composed on an excursion to Port Stanley, 1883.
In winter time 'tis sad and dreary / For to gaze on stormy Erie, / But here in summer time this port / It is a fashionable resort, / For then it is always cheery / For to gaze upon Lake Erie.
Or on the steamer you can sail / All independent of the gale, / Or here the youth can ply the oar / And view the fast receding shore, / And be happy with his dearie / On the bosom of Lake Erie.
No one here need ever weary / On the borders of Lake Erie, / With quadrille parties at Stanley / And games and sports all so manly, / Or bathe in waves with friends near thee, / You fear no storms of Lake Erie.