care that it should receive those emendations which were suggested by a more mature judgment. He does not however presume to assert that it has not yet several defects, for these are inseparable from the works of poets of all ages, as well as of those who at the present day, are so highly established in the public favour,

The STRANGER, which is the next piece that follows in the collection, will not, it is hoped, be found altogether an unsuccessful attempt at a species of versification in which it is difficult to excel; and the Tale itself, though not replete with the marvellous, may at

the same time create some interest in the

mind of the reader.

Of the Miscellaneous Poems the Author has only to observe, that they were written at different periods, and that he is sanguine enough to anticipate a favourable reception for many of them, if others should be deemed objectionable.

As the work now submitted to the public, was going through the press at the time of the late national catastrophe, the Author found himself called upon by his feelings to conclude it with an Elegy on that melancholy subject; nor is he without a hope, that amidst the various

poetic wreaths with which youthful bards have graced the urn of England's lamented Princess, the one he has entwined may be suffered to mingle with equal justice to her memory.

Pentonville, Dec. 1817.