GATHERED BY

LOVING HANDS

FROM

OLD ENGLISH GARDENS

ARRANGED BY

EMILY TAYLOR

LONDON

PRINTED FOR
HOULSTON & WRIGHT
AT 65, PATERNOSTER ROW

MDCCCLXIV.

280.K. 54.

TO

THE ONE LADY OF OUR LAND

WHOM ALL AGREE TO LOVE AND HONOUR:

WHO HAS ENJOYED AND ENDURED THE COMMON LOT,

ADMIRING ITS "FLOWERS” AND REAPING ITS "FRUITS,”

THESE SPECIMENS

OF

EARLY ENGLISH POETRY,

APT EXPRESSIONS OF UNIVERSAL FEELING,

ARE HUMBLY DEDICATED.