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AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF THOMAS WILLIAM PARSONS
BY RICHARD HOVEY
BOSTON D. LOTHROP COMPANY 1893
Copyright, 1893, by Richard Hovey. —— All rights reserved.
"Il tremolar della marina."—Dante.
Looking seaward well assured That the word the vessel brings Is the word they wish to hear.
—Emerson.
There is a city builded by no hand, And unapproachable by any shore, And unassailable by any band Of storming soldiery forevermore.
—Parsons.
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