Shall toast the girls, and push the bottle round.
In death’s dark road at anchor fast they stay,
Till Heaven’s loud signal shall in thunder roar;
Then, starting up, all hands shall quick obey;
Sheet home the topsail, and with speed unmoor.
[8] Common word for “is.”
[9] Pastures.
[10] Pastures.
[11] Me.
[12] Considering I am his only child.