Poems | ||
TO MY BELOVED FATHER,
WITHOUT WHOSE SANCTION AND PERMISSION
THESE THOUGHTS WOULD NOT HAVE SO EARLY LEFT
THE RETIREMENT OF KINDRED AND FRIENDLY CIRCLES,
THIS VOLUME OF POEMS AND HYMNS, WRITTEN, MANY OF THEM,
IN THE HAPPY HOME OF CHILDHOOD, Is Dedicated,
WITH THE WARMEST LOVE AND ADMIRATION, BY HIS AFFECTIONATE SON.
Poems | ||