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The sky-lark - National Library of Scotland

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Fly, fly, dull melancholy,<br />

THE SKY-LARK. 303<br />

Let sprightly mirth come in,<br />

Desponding is a folly,<br />

<strong>The</strong>n cheerily, cheerily sing, fal la.<br />

Come jovous sounds prepare,<br />

To Lethe sadness fling,<br />

Let others pine thro' care,<br />

We'll merrily, merrily sing, fal la-<br />

Why droops the man with sorrow,<br />

Since life's a tender thing<br />

That breaks before to-morrow,<br />

<strong>The</strong>n cheerily, cheerily, sing, fal la.<br />

GLEE.<br />

Ply the oar, brother, and speed the boat,<br />

Swift o'er the glittering waves we'll float,<br />

<strong>The</strong>n home as swiftly we'll haste again,<br />

Loaded with wealth <strong>of</strong> the plunder'd main.<br />

Pull away, pull away, row, boys, row,<br />

A long pull, a strong pull, and <strong>of</strong>f we go.<br />

Hark ! how the neighb'ring convent bell<br />

Throws o'er the waves its vesper swell<br />

Sullen its bomes from shore to shore,<br />

Blending its chime with the dash <strong>of</strong> the oar.<br />

Pull away, &c.<br />

Dd2<br />

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