BY THE
AUTHOR.
As these POEMS are never intended to meet the public eye, no apology is necessary for the form in which they now appear. They are printed merely for the perusal of a few friends to whom they are dedicated; who will look upon them with indulgence; and as most of them were, composed between the age of 15 and 17, their defects will be pardoned or forgotten, in the youth and inexperience of the WRITER.
FUGITIVE PIECES.
ON LEAVING N—ST—D.
Through the cracks in these battlements loud the winds whistle,