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INTRODUCTION. ——

Go little book, and through the world,
 Unprefaced wend thy way;
And seek amid life's busy scenes,
 To breathe thy humble lay.

It is not with a wreath of fame,
 I seek to bind my brow;
Nor undeserved applause to gain,
 That I thus venture now.

To cast before the public eye,
 The offerings of my muse,
Which, though not faultless, fondly still
 Your approbation woos.