OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. Selected BY John A. Gregg, BACHELOR OF LAWS; SENIOR MODERATOR AND GOLD MEDALLIST, CHAPLAIN OF GREYSTONES, CO. WICKLOW. DUBLIN. 1863. Song of the Shirt Extracts Hood Longfellow .. Wordsworth, Hafig, &c. Farewell (Unpublished before). Mrs. Southey Last Man .. Campbell .. .. Break, break, break, On thy cold grey stones, O sea! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. O well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play! O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay! And the stately ships go on, To their haven under the hill; But O for the touch of a vanish'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still! Break, break, break, At the foot of thy crags, O sea! But the tender grace of a day that is dead, Will never come back to me. |