O for a soft and gentle wind! I heard a fair one cry; But give to me the swelling breeze, The white waves heaving high, my lads, There's tempest in yon horned moon, Our heritage the sea. PULL AWAY, JOLLY BOYS. JAMES HOGG. Here we go upon the tide, Pull away, jolly boys, With heaven for our guide, Pull away. VOL. IV. Here's a weather-beaten tar, He has borne her thunders far; To yon gallant man of war, Pull away. We've with Nelson ploughed the main, Pull away, jolly boys, Now his signal flies again, Pull away. Brave hearts, then let us go, To drub the haughty foe, Who once again shall know, Pull away, jolly boys, That our backs we never show, Pull away. We have fought, and we have sped, Pull away, gallant boys, Where the rolling wave was red, Pull away. We've stood many a mighty shock, Like the thunder-stricken oak, We've been bent, but never broke, Pull away, gallant boys; Pull away. Here we go upon the deep, Pull away, gallant boys, O'er the ocean let us sweep, Pull away. Round the earth our glory rings, WELCOME BAT AND OWLET GRAY. JOANNA BAILLIE. O welcome bat and owlet gray, Upon the soft wind floats her hair, O dawn of day, in rosy bower, GOOD NIGHT, GOOD NIGHT! JOANNA BAILLIE. The sun is sunk, the day is done, It needs must be, Good night, good night! The bride into her bower is sent, And ribald rhyme and jesting spent ; The lover's whisper'd words and few Have bade the bashful maid adieu; The dancing-floor is silent quite, No foot bounds there, Good night, good night! The lady in her curtain'd bed, The herdsman in his wattled shed, The clansmen in the heather'd hall, Sweet sleep be with you, one and all! As this now gone, Good night, good night ! Sweet sleep be with us one and all ; The visions of a busy brain, We'll have our pleasure o'er again, To warm the heart, to charm the sight, LOW GERMANIE. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. As I sail'd past green Jura's isle, I heard a voice-a sweet low voice, Another at her knee, A mother wail'd the bloody wars Oh woe unto these cruel wars That ever they began, For they have swept my native isle |