On the sands

That bind the level sea-shore, will he stray,

When morn unlocks the East, and flings afar

The rosy day-beam! There the boy will stop

To gather the dank weeds which ocean leaves

On the bleak strand, while winter o’er the main

Howls its nocturnal clamour. There again

He chaunts his Father’s ditty. Never more

Poor mountain minstrel, shall thy bosom throb

To the sweet cadence! never more thy tear