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ERRATA AND CORRECTIONS.

FIRST VOLUME.

Page 82. 12th line from top, for " Usurpign," read "Usurping." 82. 16th line, for " mites," read "times."

101. 8th, and 9th, for "or," read "nor."

162. 2d Stanza; 4th line, for "His singing-bird," read "This singing bird."

170. first line, for " though," read "thou."

SECOND VOLUME.

Page 26. last line, for "slacky," read "slackly.”

173. 4th line from bottom, for “ And pleas'd,” read“ Am pleased.” 231. 1st line, for " that," read "which."

250. The title, for " of the," read " to the."

250. 5th line from bot. for "would extend," read " should extend." 308. 2nd Stanza, for, "of his ill gotten," read "with this ill gotten." 319. 8th line from bot. for "the person," read " the persons."

POEMS

REFERRING TO THE PERIOD OF CHILDHOOD.

VOL. I.

B

I.

My heart leaps up when I behold

A Rainbow in the sky:

So was it when my life began;

So is it now I am a Man;

So be it when I shall grow old,

Or let me die!

The Child is Father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.

II.

TO A BUTTERFLY.

STAY near me-do not take thy flight!

A little longer stay in sight!

Much converse do I find in Thee,

Historian of my Infancy!

Float near me; do not yet depart!

Dead times revive in thee:

Thou bring'st, gay Creature as thou art!

A solemn image to my heart,

My Father's Family!

Oh! pleasant, pleasant were the days,
The time, when in our childish plays,
My Sister Emmeline and I

Together chased the Butterfly!
A very hunter did I rush

Upon the prey:—with leaps and springs
I followed on from brake to bush;

But She, God love her! feared to brush The dust from off its wings.

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