Which two lines in the poem help the reader determine the theme? A Life on the Ocean Wave
by Epes Sargent
A life on the ocean wave,
A home on the rolling deep,
Where the scattered waters rave,
And the winds their revels keep!
5 Like an eagle caged, Ipine
On this dull, unchanging shore:
Ohl give me the flashing brine,
The spray and the tempest's roar!
Once more on the deck I stand
10 of my own swift-gliding craft:
Set saill farewell to the land!
The gale follows fair abatt.
We shoot through the sparkling foam
Like an ocean-bird set free
15 Like the ocean-bird, our home
We'll find far out on the sea
The land is no longer in view,
The clouds have begun to frown:
But with a stout vessel and crew
20 we’ll say let the storm come down and song of our hearts shall be while the winds and the waters rave, a home on the rolling seal a life on the ocean wave

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Read this excerpt from "edward jenner and the history of smallpox and vaccination.” smallpox was introduced to europe sometime between the fifth and seventh centuries and was frequently epidemic during the middle ages. the disease greatly affected the development of western civilization. the first stages of the decline of the roman empire (ad 108) coincided with a large-scale epidemic: the plague of antonine, which accounted for the deaths of almost 7 million people. the arab expansion, the crusades, and the discovery of the west indies all contributed to the spread of the disease. unknown in the new world, smallpox was introduced by the spanish and portuguese conquistadors. the disease decimated the local population and was instrumental in the fall of the empires of the aztecs and the incas. similarly, on the eastern coast of north america, the disease was introduced by the early settlers and led to a decline in the native population. before it reached the new world, smallpox played a role in

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