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The following text is adapted from D.A. Lozano's 1844 poem "A Remembrance of Puerto Cabello—The Mangle" (translated by Agnes Blake Poor in 1918). The poem is a dedication to Puerto Cabello, a town on the northern coast of Venezuela.
And while outside the tempest is raving o'er the
ocean,
And the ship is madly driving on some lone and
desert shore;
Thy warm and land-locked waters swell with an
easy motion,
And gently glides the light pirogue [canoe] at dipping of
the oar.
And while outside the tempest is raving o'er the
ocean,
And the ship is madly driving on some lone and
desert shore;
Thy warm and land-locked waters swell with an
easy motion,
And gently glides the light pirogue [canoe] at dipping of
the oar.