Of The Young Master of a Wrecked California Clipper
Come out of the Golden Gate,
Go round the Horn with streamers,
Carry royals early and late;
But, brother, be not over-elate--
All hands save ship! has startled dreamers.
Old Counsel
Herman Melville
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