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Michigan Pictured Rocks
They raise the white cross in la grande ChapeUe.
As the first white man's hymn on great Superior
Sounds from the rocky church not made with hands, A phantom-boat sails in from the still offing,
And at its bow an aged figure stands. The worn cords strain so full the sails are swelling,
The old mast bends and quivers like a bow; Yet calm the windless sky shines blue above them,
And calm the windless waves shine blue below.
The boat glides in still faster, faster, sailing,
Like lightning darting o'er the shrinking miles; And, as he hears the chanting in the chapple For the first time in years the lone,one.'smiles , '
At last at last, his feet are on the dear shore, The curse is gone,-his eyes to heaven rise;
At last, at last, his mother earth receives him, At last, at last, with thankful heart he dies.
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