Sailor's Return, c. 1772–1783

                              I.
BEHOLD, from many a hostile shore,
And all the dangers of the main,
Where billows mount and tempests roar,
Your faithful Tom returns again:
Returns and with him brings a heart,
That ne'er from Mary shall depart.

                           II.
After long toils and troubles past,
How sweet to tread our native soil,
With conquest to return at last,
And deck our sweethearts with the spoil!
No one to beauty should pretend,
But one who dares its rights defend.