Cruising

Whal are the doy but isltlhda, bo niimj litll'-' iflatids, And dlctp tlie sea of ttilence That tiows about them till F Theiv, whcu the moun b IÍMD, '1 ba peacclul wAicre glipten ; líut onder phuiuiug - hs-len ! J t is tlit; ouls that fttll. The little boaU are ekiiumingi '1 lic wind-Jcd bout-s AM nkinuuing, Kuch m lts uilvti ïiinniniK', Apaxt fiüin Boet and siiore. There uot uu oor in dippintf- Witu jut ii cuülc's slipiñng QUdesout the plwntom siniiping l'liut wandci" cvcriiiuiu. Every dy' nn iltin3t A y roen vr banen ïslaiid, A luwhiud ur u hiUlund, That look tipou the MS. There truillul (jixes iktv crowning ( Thera barnn cutis iu-e frowoing, Aiid rocky cimimclé di-owmiijj; The iUUe buu( ttmt üee. Huw mitny ave the i.slmdi, The tcemmg talk mg ïulauds, That m tlie sei oí ulenoe The roving vesscls tind ! Their iiumbcr no muu knowcth ; Thcir way tlie cuiront showcth ; The tide lOtninlf liowoth As eacli i lelt behind. The aftilois long to tarrj- 1 ur CMt Uit'y tODg tu t;ui y - When ut somc ïsle of l'aery Thev touch aud go ashoro. With Kng oi wistftll ijlcading Tlity luUow luie uiiliLvuiu, And wil li tlie tide's receding Are drilimfe a bLtore. Uut somtimes, in the sailing, The blimt and eiidlesu suilmif, Thi.y )íu.s beyood the Imilmg OÍ Laúd uni the lev ; The iowlanOB and the highlands, And all beyond the islands, Behold the bCu ut' sik-nee- liehuld the gieat, white sca.