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REFLECTIONS, ON CROSSING LAKE CHAMPLAIN IN A STEAMBOAT by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON

First Line: ISLET ON THE LAKE'S CALM BOSOM
Last Line: THOU SHALT YIELD THY NOBLE DEAD!
Subject(s): CRAB ISLAND, LAKE CHAMPLAIN; LAKE CHAMPLAIN; STEAMBOATS;
Islet on the lake's calm bosom,
In thy breast rich treasures lie;
Heroes! there your bones shall moulder,
But your fame shall never die.
Islet on the lake's calm bosom,
Sleep serenely in thy bed;
Brightest gem our waves can boast,
Guardian angel of the dead!
Calm upon the waves recline,
Till great Nature's reign is o'er;
Until old and swift-winged time
Sinks, and order is no more.
Then thy guardianship shall cease,
Then shall rock thy aged bed;
And when Heaven's last trump shall sound,
Thou shalt yield thy noble dead!



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