SONG IS BUT THE ELOQUENCE OF TRUTH.-Campbell.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY.

1825.

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INTRODUCTORY VERSES

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MARIA HACK,

Author of " Winter Evenings," "Grecian and English Stories," &c.

NAY! do not half reproachfully exclaim,

"How foolish!"-Poets are not often wise.

If it be foolishness to love a name

Endear'd by one of nature's strongest ties,
And much that memory's sweetest power supplies,
I own myself no sage; for, unto me,

Thy own is one which will not bear disguise

Of dash — or stars *** such as we often see; No, let it stand at length, from all concealment free.

Besides, this is not call'd a dedication;
A thing, I own, of ominous extent,
And bringing with it fearful expectation
Of all that fulsome flattery can invent;
Nor is it here inscrib'd with THY consent:
So thou art unimpeach'd. On me alone
Rest all the blame of this poor monument,
(Which I will never shrink from, nor disown,)
Built by a Brother's love, to hours for ever flown.