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THE GRAND CANAL.
Triumphant! victorious! the rapturous lay
The voice of each freeman awakes,
For Neptune and Erie were wedded to-day,
The ocean is join'd to the lakes.
'Tis the triumph of mind over matter we hail,
In pæans of rapture and praise;
The genius of Clinton will ever prevail,
And light the whole world with its rays.
Huzza! huzza! huzza! for the work is completed,
The glory and pride of our state.
The voice of each freeman awakes,
For Neptune and Erie were wedded to-day,
The ocean is join'd to the lakes.
'Tis the triumph of mind over matter we hail,
In pæans of rapture and praise;
The genius of Clinton will ever prevail,
And light the whole world with its rays.
Huzza! huzza! huzza! for the work is completed,
The glory and pride of our state.
The waters have met, and they never can part,
While the earth shall continue to roll;
Of the universe now is our city the mart,
And its fame shall enlighten the whole.
'Tis the triumph of mind over matter we hail,
In pæans of rapture and praise,
The genius of Clinton will ever prevail,
And light the whole world with its rays.
Huzza! huzza! huzza! for the work is completed,
The glory and pride of the state.
While the earth shall continue to roll;
Of the universe now is our city the mart,
And its fame shall enlighten the whole.
'Tis the triumph of mind over matter we hail,
In pæans of rapture and praise,
The genius of Clinton will ever prevail,
And light the whole world with its rays.
Huzza! huzza! huzza! for the work is completed,
The glory and pride of the state.
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