The following translations of four of the preceding poems were made by the author himself, and are here appended as possessing additional interest on this account.
THE OLD SCHOOL-HOUSE AT THE CREEK.
To-day it is just twenty years,
Since I began to roam;
Now, safely back, I stand once more,
Before the quaint old school-house door,
Close by my father’s home.
I’ve been in many houses since,