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PREFACE.
When I first formed the design of publishing, I had planned a poetical tale of considerable length, but was compelled to relinquish my intention, finding that the incessant interruptions of five young children, added to domestic sickness, were great obstacles to literary composition. Many of the Poems in this little volume were written under these disadvantages, and I now must trust to the kindness of a generous
