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The Baker's Island Light
Near on Salem's rocky shore
Stands the Baker's Island Light,
Sending o'er the white sea's roar
Rays that light the darkest night.
Stands the Baker's Island Light,
Sending o'er the white sea's roar
Rays that light the darkest night.
Home-bound vessels on their way,
'Scaped the dangers of the deep,
Hail with joy its far-seen ray
As to land their course they keep.
'Scaped the dangers of the deep,
Hail with joy its far-seen ray
As to land their course they keep.
On to midnight's hour it shines,
On from midnight's hour till morn;
Till the east with golden lines
Marks the day's bright offspring born.
On from midnight's hour till morn;
Till the east with golden lines
Marks the day's bright offspring born.
Pale its light before the dawn
Tells a brighter beacon near,
And the sailor's eyes withdrawn
To their port in safety steer.
Tells a brighter beacon near,
And the sailor's eyes withdrawn
To their port in safety steer.
Poem No. 351; c. 21 August 1840
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