TO

MISS JOANNA BAILLIE

THIS VOLUME

AS A SLIGHT TOKEN OF GRATEFUL RESPECT

AND ADMIRATION

IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED

BY

THE AUTHOR

MIGHTIER FAR

THAN STRENGTH OF NERVE AND SINEW, OR THE SWAY

OF MAGIC, POTENT OVER SUN AND STAR,

IS LOVE, THOUGH OFT TO AGONY DISTREST,

AND THO' HIS FAVOURITE SEAT BE FEEBLE WOMAN'S BREAST.

Wordsworth.

DAS IST DAS Loos DES SCHOENEN AUF DER ERDE.

Schiller.

The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers in New England,

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