HIS YOUNG COUNTRYMEN,
THIS UNPRETENDING VOLUME, IS, WITH AFFECTIONATE PRIDE,
INSCRIBED BY
THE AUTHOR.
INTRODUCTION.
"I lang ha'e thought, my youthful friends,
A something to have sent you,
Tho' it may serve no other end
Than just a kind memento:
But how the subject-theme may gang
Let time and chance determine;
Perhaps it may turn out a sang,
Perhaps turn out a