| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909. | | | | To Thomas Moore | | By Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| | | 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! | |
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| Here’s a sigh to those who love me, | 5 |
| And a smile to those who hate; | |
| And, whatever sky’s above me, | |
| Here’s a heart for every fate. | |
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| Though the ocean roar around me, | |
| Yet it still shall bear me on; | 10 |
| Though a desert should surround me, | |
| It hath springs that may be won. | |
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| Were’t the last drop in the well, | |
| As I gasp’d upon the brink, | |
| Ere my fainting spirit fell, | 15 |
| ’Tis to thee that I would drink. | |
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| 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. | 20 | | | |
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