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...Sink before my wondering eyes...
...Sink, but are they lost forever...
...races last summer, for it implies that an intercollegiate regatta is not a contest in some honest work; and the last clause shows his implicit belief that Saratoga society is made up of gamblers and blacklegs, who prey upon the unsuspecting and guileless youth that are drawn to that "sink of iniquity" by the regatta. Therefore, he thinks that his "free-born Vermonters" - who would never go astray of their own free-will and accord, but who might be compelled by the evil associations of the place to depart from the straight path of virtue - had better stay away from...
...boat, passing at some distance from them, caused the water to wash over the bow of the boat, and gradually filled it through holes in the canvas. The oarsmen, having their backs to the bow, were unaware of their impending danger, until that part of the boat began to sink and the water to penetrate into the middle compartment. Sherman, who was bow-oar, at once reported the state of the case to Captain Hooker; he promptly urged the men to pull strongly and steadily, and headed the boat for the nearest shore. But the shell began to fill rapidly...
Will watch the sun sink down to rise no more...