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I / My boat is on the shore, / And my bark is on the sea, / But before I go, / Tom Moore, / Here's a double health to thee!
II / Here's a sigh to those who love me, / And a smile to those who hate; / And, whatever sky's above me, / Here's a heart for every fate.
III / Though the ocean roar around me, / Yet it still shall bear me on; / Though a desert should surround me, / It hath springs that may be won.
IV / Were't the last drop in the well, / As I gasp'd upon the brink, / Ere my fainting spirit fell - / 'Tis to thee that I would drink.
V / With that water, as this wine, / The libation I would pour / Should be - peace with thine and mine, / And a health to thee, / Tom Moore.
July 1817.