GEMS

FROM

CATHOLIC POETS,

WITH A

Biographical & Literary Introduction.

BY

JAMES BURKE, ESQ. A.B.

BARRISTER-AT-LAW,

AUTHOR OF "MEMOIR OF MOORE," "ABRIDGMENT OF LINGARD'S ENGLAND,"

ETC. ETC.

LONDON:

Catholic Publishing and Bookselling Company, Limited,

CHARLES DOLMAN, MANAGER,

61, NEW BOND STREET, & 6, QUEEN'S HEAD PASSAGE,

PATERNOSTER ROW;

J. MULLANY, 1, PARLIAMENT STREET, DUBLIN.

1859.

280. v.98.

LONDON:

COX AND WYMAN, PRINTERS, GREAT QUEEN STREET,

ΤΟ

DENIS FLORENCE MACCARTHY,

THIS VOLUME

IS DEDICATED

By an Admirer

OF

BRILLIANT POETICAL TALENTS,

DEVOTED TO THE SERVICE OF

CREED AND COUNTRY.