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In slumbers of midnight the sailor boy lay; His hammock swung loose at the sport of the wind; But, watchworn and weary, his cares flew away, And visions of happiness danced o'er his mind.
He dreamed of his home, of his dear native bowers, And pleasures that waited on life's merry morn; While Memory stood sideways, half covered with flowers, And restored every rose, but secreted its thorn.