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POEMS

BY EDWARD CAPERN,

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Rural Postman of Bideford, Devon,

AUTHOR OF "BALLADS AND SONGS."

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W. KENT & CO., (LATE D. BOGUE), 86, FLEET STREET,

MDCCCLIX.

VVW

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J. UNWIN, GRESHAM STEAM PRESS, BUCKLERSBURY, LONDON.

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.

TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

MY LORDS, LADIES, AND GENTLEMEN,

I AM entrusted with the delightful privilege of introducing a man of genius to the world,-EDWARD CAPERN, a Poet.

On taking possession of the necessary papers I consulted some literary friends, and it was of course soon decided that no alterations should be made except by Mr. Capern; nor, indeed, were many needed; for, except a few slips of the pen— mere verbal inaccuracies, scarcely worth alluding to the whole of these beautiful poems appear as they were first produced by him.

I reserved to myself, however, the absolute right of rejection, and this was frequently a rather painful duty. In a walk together of thirteen miles,

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