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The East India Marine Museum
A noble company, that early band,Who left their homes to sail across the sea;
And distant voyages to the Orient planned,
The land of wealth, and dark Idolatry.
Behold their Monument! the rich and rare,
Gathered, with cost and pains, from every clime;
And, in this spacious hall, preserved with care,
To interest and instruct the future time;
To cherish in their sons the spirit brave,
Which gave to Salem its world-wide renown;
That thus their exploits, on the ocean wave,
From age to age might still be handed down;
And distant generations might behold,
And guard the trust, more precious far than gold.
Poem No. 14; c. 15 December 1865
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