Untarnish’d pleasure and conjugal peace:
With some persuasion Arnold gain’d consent,
Releas’d the boat, then on the lake is spent
A pleasant cruise, ’til sundry drops of rain
Fell lustily and ringleted the main.
Each fleet intruder from the upper air
Involves the cruisers in increasing care;
The skiff’s made fast, and both with speed return
Along a route through laurel, myrtle, fern;
Soon as they gain the lofty portico