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Ocean Beauty and Washingtons Intellectual Delights
The piece mixes verse on the sea with a critique of Washington's cultural institutions. It extols the Smithsonian Institution and the Congressional Library funded by Old Smithson, notes free access to lectures and libraries, and lauds the Marine Band while lampooning concerns over music at the White House. It preserves period tone and references to Calypso, Calypso's nymphs, and public tastes. The article blends praise of public learning with social commentary on decorum and taste in the capital.
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