Champ
Champ is the name given to a "lake monster" occasionally reported as being seen in North America's Lake Champlain, although the creature's existence has never been verified. Some people believe that Champ is a figment of overeager imaginations, while others believe that perhaps some unknown species of creature does reside deep in the lake. To be on the safe side, the state government of Vermont has put Champ on its Endangered Species List, so that, if an unknown water-animal is present, it will be protected by law.See also Loch Ness monster, a more famous occasionally-seen, but never-verified, alleged lake-dweller in Scotland.
see also Cryptid, Cryptozoology
Champ is also a traditional Irish dish[?] of mashed potatoes and scallions (spring onions).
A boundless structure, in night's veil concealed,
A band of phantoms, struggling ceaselessly,
Unsociable and rude as be,
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By the blind chains the passions had put on,
Unfelt, untasted, and unknown.
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In one firm bond of harmony.
When first the cedar's slender trunk it viewed;
Reflected back the dancing form again.
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From her own being torn apart,
She plunged into the silvery stream,
Creative power soon in your breast unfolded;
The shadow's form in sand, in clay ye moulded,
The longing thirst for action then awoke,--
Ensnared by your discerning eye,
The talisman that roused your ecstasy.
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To blend together 'neath your forming hand.
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Immortal song on victor's deeds attended.
The fairest flowers that decked the earth,
Thus the first art from Nature had its birth;
And from the works that mortal hands had made,
The child of beauty, self-sufficient now,
Loses the chaplet that adorned its brow,
The column, yielding to proportion's chains,
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To view the new creation's plan
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