The following imitation of "Break, Break, Break," is from Snatches of Song, by F. B. Doveton, 1880, which volume also contains (page 127) a long, but not very amusing, parody of The Grandmother, entitled Hard Times.

BREAK, break, break,

In thy pantry, costly maid!

And I bitterly rue the hour

When I took you from Mrs. Slade.

'Tis well for the lady fair

Whose glass is unshattered yet!

'Tis well for the thrifty dame

Who has "an unbroken set!"