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Like Earth O River
.— Now drawn nigher the river's rim edge of the river Wierd Weird like creatures suddenly rise m This
A large portion of voters are like the bubbles on a river; they run just which way the current runs.
As the river continues navigable, and the canals ditto, produce of all kinds remains low in price and
Hundreds of sloops, steamboats, and barges, are busily engaged now, bringing produce down the river,
It looks somewhat ticklish, running close along the river, and often touching it, with the great mountains
families, start out on excursions to the country, or on some of the steamboat trips up the North or East Rivers
Banvard departed yesterday for Europe, with his panoramas of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio rivers
We have panoramic views, now, of nearly all the principal rivers of the country.
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relate to the poem eventually titled Sailing the Mississippi at Midnight.; nyp.00736 Like Earth O River