By the Sea, and Other Verses

<h2><SPAN name="TO_A_H_B" id="TO_A_H_B">TO A. H. B.</SPAN></h2> <p class="title">A "COMMENCEMENT" GREETING<br/> <small>With Portraits of Eminent Authors</small></p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Dear Hallam, with this trifling gift<br/></span> <span class="i2">Best wishes now I send thee;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Through all thy future life may joy<br/></span> <span class="i2">And grace and peace attend thee.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">May this the bright beginning be<br/></span> <span class="i2">Of days love-crowned and royal;<br/></span> <span class="i0">May griefs and faults and foes be few,<br/></span><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[Pg 31]</SPAN></span> <span class="i2">Friends manifold and loyal.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">May gems from authors such as these<br/></span> <span class="i2">Store well thy mental coffer,<br/></span> <span class="i0">But for thy heart's enrichment please<br/></span> <span class="i2">Accept the love I offer.<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="blockquot"><p>1882</p> </div> <hr class="chap" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />