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[On the arrival of Urian Oakes, 1671.]

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The attribution of this poem is uncertain.

Welcome, Great Prophet, to New-England Shore,
The Fam'd Utopia, of more Famous MORE,
Unfabled, for New-England is by thee,
Now Twisse's Guess too must Accomplisht be;
That for the New-Jerusalem, there may
A Seat be found in Wide America.
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