Note 435 — MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
Reading edition
The sonnet “To an aged Friend,” first published in Mrs Hemans’s Poetical Remains, was addressed to Dr Perceval of Dublin. The sonnet “To the Datura Arborea,” in the same volume, was written after seeing a superb specimen of that striking plant in Dr Perceval’s beautiful greenhouse at Annefield.
Dr Perceval died 3d March 1839, equally respected for his talents and virtues.