XII.
And those who now quit their hods, shovels, and barrows
In crowds to the bar of some ale-house to flock,
When bred to our bar shall be Gibbses and Garrows,
Assume the silk gown, and discard the smock-frock.
XIII.
For Erin surpasses the daughters of Neptune,
As Dian outshines each encircling star;
And the spheres of the heavens could never have kept tune
Till set to the music of Erin-go-bragh!
VII.
THE REBUILDING.
By R. S. [28a]
[ROBERT SOUTHEY.]
[Mr. Southey died March 13, 1843, in his 69th year.]
—“Per audaces nova dithyrambos
Verba devolvit numerisque fertur
Lege solutis.”Horat.
[Spoken by a Glendoveer.]