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BY RUFUS WAPLES.

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Aurora smiles! the sun is on the sea!

Angels are painting pictures in the sky;

Eolian breezes warble wild and free,

Singing the infant giant’s lullaby.

He comes to bless; he smiles to beautify:

But lately laving in a sea of glory,

New-born, new-crowned, he reigns a prince on high,