TO THE THAMES, AT NORWICH, CONN.

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BY MRS. LYDIA H. SIGOURNEY.

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Hail, Father Thames! ’Tis joy to me

Once more thy face and haunts to see;

For lingering verdure, soft and rare,

Makes thine autumnal carpet fair;

And ’mid thy bordering heights is seen

The strong and patient evergreen,