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PATIE'S WEDDING.
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"O William, hope is over,
 Thou canst swim—I do not fear."
"What, leave thee, Mary? Never!
 Cling closer to me, dear.

"We'll trust the wave together,
 Together live or die;
Oh, Mary, fear not danger,
 For still thy William's nigh!"

They plunge—and long does William
 Throw aside the dashing wave,
Love and hope his arm have nerved,
 And the boat is nigh to save.

Now nearer yet, and nearer—
 Almost he grasps the oar;
Another stroke—but William
 Can stem the wave no more!

"O Mary," faint he whispers,
 "Pray to Him who sits above—
Thou dost—oh yes—together—
 Together yet, my love!"

They sink—the roaring billow
 Sweeps in thunder o'er their head—
But Thou wilt not forget them
 When the "sea gives up her dead."

Patie's Wedding.
As Patie cam' up frae the glen,
 Driving his wedders before him,
He met bonnie Meg ganging hame—
 Her beauty was like for to smoore him.
"O Maggie, lass, dinna ye ken
 That you and I's gaun to be married?
I had rather had broken my leg,
 Before sic a bargain miscarried."

"O Patie, lad, wha tauld ye that?
 I trow o' news they've been scanty:
I'm nae to be married the year,
 Though I should be courted by twenty!"

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