BODLEIAN

30CT1956

LIBRARY

NEILL & CO. PRINTERS.

TO

JOSEPH HUME, ESQUIRE, M. P.

THIS VOLUME,

AS A TRIBUTE OF ESTEEM AND GRATITUDE,

IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,

BY THE

AUTHOR'S FAMILY,

To a Canary Bird, escaped from its Cage,

Youth and Age,

Epistle to Delta, on his Birth-day, 1826,

. 201

. 204

. 210

To a Human Skull, discovered in a waste and lonely field, 251

To My Portrait,

. 257

SONNETS.

I. On Seeing a Snow-Wreath on May-day, 1827, Page 263

II. The Same,

III. To the Swallow, preparing to emigrate,

IV. To a Boy blowing Soap-Bubbles,

V. The Seasons Personified,

Spring,

Summer,

Several of the Pieces composing this Volume have already appeared
in "Constable's Edinburgh Magazine," "The Forget-me-Not,"
"The Literary Souvenir," "The Edinburgh Literary Gazette,"
"The Edinburgh Literary Journal," &c.