[Poems by Halleck in] Fitz-Greene Halleck : An Early Knickerbocker Wit and Poet ::

Were the whole ocean ink,
And every stick a quill,
Were the whole earth of parchment made,
And every man a scribe by trade,

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To write the love of God on high,
It would drain the ocean dry;
Nor would the scroll contain the whole,
Though it were stretched from pole to pole.

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