POEMS.

S.26

ав

THE TWA MICE,

AND

MISCELLANEOUS POEMS AND SONGS.

BY

JOHN G. SMITH,

EDNA M.

"Read from some humbler poet,
Whose songs gushed from his heart,
As showers from the clouds of summer,
Or tears from the eyelids start."

Longfellow.

KELSO:

PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR,

BY R. STEWART, FOOT OF HORSE MARKET.

MDCCCLXII.

ΤΟ

His Numerous Subscribers,

THE AUTHOR

MOST RESPECTFULLY AND AFFECTIONATELY

DEDICATES THIS LITTLE VOLUME,

IN TOKEN

OF HIS GRATITUDE

FOR

THEIR KINDLY SUPPORT,

AND ZEAL IN THE PROMOTION OF ITS SUCCESS;

And also,

AS AN EXPRESSION

OF HIS SINCERE AND HEARTFELT JOY AT

THE UNEXPECTED RESUSCITATION OF FRIENDSHIPS, WHICH HE THOUGHT HAD LONG BEEN BURIED

IN "THE OLD CHURCHYARD."

EDNAM, March 3, 1862.