• The Lark sings for joy in her own loved land,
    In the furrowed field, by the breezes fanned;
            And so revel we
            In the furrowed sea,
    As joyous and glad as the lark can be.

    On the placid breast of the inland lake
    The wild duck delights her pastime to take;
            But the petrel braves
            The wild ocean waves,...

  • Sweet maiden of Passamaquoddy,
      Shall we seek for communion of souls
    Where the deep Mississippi meanders,
      Or the distant Saskatchewan rolls?

    Ah no,—for in Maine I will find thee
      A sweetly sequestrated nook
    Where the far winding Skoodoowabskooksis
      Conjoiins with the Skoodoowabskook.

    There wander two beautiful rivers,...