Merrily oh! merrily oh? The nets are spread out to the sun; Merrily oh! the fisher boy sings, Right glad that his labour is done. Happy and gay, with his boat in the bay, The storm and the danger forgot; The wealthy and great might repine at their state, And envy the fisher boy's lot. Merrily oh! merrily oh! This is the burden he gives; Cheerily oh! though the blast may blow, The fisher boy jollily lives. Merrily oh! merrily oh! He sleeps till the morning breaks; Merrily oh! at the sea-gull's scream The fisher boy quickly awakes. Down on the strand he is plying his hand, His shouting is heard again; The clouds are dark, but he springs to his bark, With the same light-hearted strain. Merrily oh! merrily oh! This is the burden he gives; Cheerily oh! though the blast may blow, The fisher boy jollily lives. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SERGEANT'S WEDDIN' by RUDYARD KIPLING THE FRATERNAL DUEL by MATILDA BARBARA BETHAM-EDWARDS FOR A NOVEL OF HALL CAINE'S by ROBERT BRIDGES (1858-1941) BERTHE AND FRANCESCA BRAGGIOTTI by JOSEPHINE V. BROWER FOR THE PICTURE, 'THE LAST OF ENGLAND' by FORD MADOX BROWN THE GLADNESS OF NATURE by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT THE PROPHECY OF DANTE by GEORGE GORDON BYRON THE PURGATORY OF SUICIDES: BOOK 7, STANZA 8 by THOMAS COOPER |