The sky-lark - National Library of Scotland

130 THE SKY-LAKK.
Now high upon the faithful shroud,
The land that seemed awhile a cloud,
While objects from the mists arise,
A feast presents Tom's longing eyes :
A ribband near his heart that lay,
Now see him on his hat display,
The given sign to shew that fate
Had brought him safe to bonny Kate.
Now near a cliff, whose heights command
A prospect of the shelly strand,
He sees his Kate, his cares are o'er,
The long boat's mannd—he jumps ashore.
What now remains were easy told,
Tom comes, his pockets lin'd with gold,
And now to crown his happy fate,
He steers to church with bonny Kate.
GLEE.
To be jovial and gay, to be merry and wise,
To pass time away is a boon that I prize
With friendship and glee, to fill up the span,
Is a life that suits me, and I will if 1 can.
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