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To The Salem Gazette, On The Completion Of Its First Century
One hundred years with their events have fled,Since first thy sheet was sent from door to door;
How many have thy pleasant pages read,
Now known amid life's busy scenes no more!
How vast the changes, since those years have flown;
Our Country's growth in commerce, wealth, and power;
The rule of haughty King long since o'erthrown,
And Freedom's triumph in the present hour!
And chronicled upon thy welcome page
The news from country round, and o'er the sea;
Domestic scenes endeared to youth and age,
Instructive tale, or gem of poesy.
For many a century may thy page record
Each noble deed, and fitly-spoken word.
Poem No. 391; c. early August 1868
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