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Show ·~.<-;·,'~· ENTJ::ItED according lo Act of Congress, in the year 1837, by ISAAC KNAPP, In tho Clerk'e oO'ice of lhe District Court of Mallsnchusctls INTROD UCTORY REMARKS. Tr11c Editot· has been induced to collect the fugitil• e pieces which compose this little volume, by observing the ca re with which they ltave been sought for and preserved, long after the events which gav~ rise to them have passed. This gives him to know that they are not rncrtly occasional poemo, but true poetry ;-the germs of grea t deeds, cast forth int0 'the seed- fi eld of opinion.' The wi sh to bind them together is st rengthened in the editor's mind uy the knowlcrlge that the author is himself but too careless of preserving their form, as long as th eir spirit is kindling up in the community. Those who have t·end !Vlogg Megone wi ll see in them the same easy strength of versifica1ion ; ilNi\._ ... ~ .... ,_,._ ~._.:; U:J:-ARitS |