SMITH, ELDER AND CO., 15, WATERLOO PLACE.

1872.

I DEDICATE THESE VOLUMES TO MY OLD FRIEND JOHN FORSTER, GLAD AND GRATEFUL THAT HE WHO, FROM THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THE

VARIOUS POEMS THEY INCLUDE, HAS BEEN THEIR PROMPTEST AND STAUNCHEST

HELPER, SHOULD SEEM EVEN NEARER TO ME NOW THAN ALMOST THIRTY

YEARS AGO

London, April 21, 1863.

R. B.