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Michigan Pictured Rocks
Aged am I, and worn with countless journeys,
Over the lake forever must I stray; In the whole south I cannot find a landing,
Keeweenaw's copper arm thrusts me away; I sail, and sail, yet never find a harbor,— Stern is the east, and sterner is the west; Oh, grant me but one foothold on the north shore,
So can I,die at last, and be at rest."
But not, they drive him off with jeers and shouting;
Before their ghostly glee the cursed one quails; Forth from the silver rocks of haunted northland,
Not daring to look back, away he sails; And sails and sails, yet never finds a landing,
Though fairest coasts and isles he passes by; And hopes, and hopes, yet never finds a foothold
On any shore where he can kneel and die.
Weary and worn, through many a red man's lifetime,
Over the lake, he wanders on and on; Till up through Huron with red banners flying
Come white men from the rising of the sun. The Sault they name from Sainte Marie with blessing,
The lake lies hushed before their holy bell, As landing on the shores of Rocky Pictures,
Upper Michigan
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