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Ode Performed in the Senate-House, Cambridge, on the Seventh of July 1835, M.DCCC.XXXV

At the First Commencement after the Installation, and in the Presence, of the Most Noble John Jeffreys, Chancellor of the University [by Christopher Wordsworth]

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O Camden! swayed by Thy auspicious power

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Where'er the Vessel aim, whate'er the form
Of Cloud around, in sullen Storm,
In Sunshine, and in Shower,
Still by the Compass may it steer
Of Faith, and Hope with lightsome gleams shall cheer
Caught from the distant hour.
So, when from elemental Wars

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And strife of Tempest free,
Like to the Bark by Sirens sung,
The First that plough'd the lonely waste of Sea,
In silver waves of Ether hung,
A Constellation may it be,
And sail among the Stars!