PREFACE
TO THE SECOND EDITION
In the present edition the pieces entitled "The Cup of Bitterness," "Psalm Forty-first," "To a Lady," "To the Young Ladies of Miss ———'s School," have been added to the Poems; and "Some Account of the Author, written by Herself," has been prefixed to them. The volume is moreover enriched by a portrait of the author, and by a landscape view of the cottage where she resides. The former has been kindly furnished by Miss Jane Stuart of Newport, and the latter by Lieut. Harwood of the same place.
August, 1834.
