They use these skills to be loyal to their king and country. In "Sir Patrick Spens" the knight tells us about Patrick saving ""Sir Patrick Spens is the finest sailor, / That ever sailed the sea" - (7-8). This skill of being a great sailor is one thing that makes him loyal If he decided not to go on a mission, we can infer that everyone would think he was a coward Bonnie George Campbell can also be considered competent at what she does. can interpret this because. George has a horse to ride on. Only a skilled soldier or high-ranking officer would have a horse to ride on in the time of this poem (the 1500s). uses his skills to be loyal to him his country In both poems, the loyalty of Sir Patrick Spens and Bonnie George Campbell has an ironic outcome: both men end up dying during their missions. ironic because you would think that for something as heroic as what they do, they would be rewarded. Instead, they end up dead. Although loyalty is a good thing, it has its tragic consequences, as the cases of Sir Patrick Spens and Bonnie George show.