Ocean. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Ocean


Hear old ocean roar! Dr. Young.—Last Day, Book I. Line 34.	1
The storm is up; the anchor spring, And man the sails, my merry men; I must not lose the carolling Of ocean in a hurricane. George Gray.—(Quoted by the Rev. G. Gilfilian in the Life of Falconer, in his edition of the British Poets.)	2
And I have loved thee, ocean! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward: from a boy I wanton’d with thy breakers—they to me Were a delight; and if the fresh’ning sea Made them a terror—’twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane—as I do here. Byron.—Childe Harold, Canto IV. Stanza 184.	3
[From the above source I have culled the following remarkable coincidences between this Gray and the preceding quotation from Byron:—]	4
G. Gray. My soul mates with the mountain storm; I’ll bid him welcome, clap his mane, And hug his breakers to my breast.	5
Byron. I have loved thee, ocean, and was as a child of thee, And laid my hand upon thy mane. My joy was on thy breast to be borne. I wanton’d with thy breakers.	6