TO HER,
WHOSE BENIGNANT LIGHT
HAS GUIDED HIM THROUGH DARKNESS, SORROW,
DETRACTION, AND NEGLECT:
TO
THE MUSE,
WHOM HE HAS NEVER CEASED TO WORSHIP
FROM BOYHOOD TO THE PRESENT HOUR,
THIS IMPERFECT POEM
IS
HUMBLY AND GRATEFULLY
DEDICATED,
BY
THE AUTHOR.
Lee Priory,
December 23, 1815.