Pleasant memories it awakes, + 

When musing on our northern lakes; + 

For there I saw a charming Reed, + 

A friend to me in hour of need. + 

I wished to cross to other shore, + 

And deftly she did ply the oar, + 

And o’er the Lake me swiftly bore. + 

I was plunged in deep despair, + 

Before I met this charming fair; + 

I could not go around by land, + 

And I felt like shipwrecked on the strand; + 

Until fair vision hove in sight + 

Graceful as a fairy sprite. + 

May she be blest, is the desire + 

Of her true friend James McIntyre. + 