FRED. E. WEATHERLY, B.A.,

AUTHOR OF "MURIEL, AND OTHER POEMS."

EDINBURGH: W. P. NIMMO, HAY, & MITCHELL 1872

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TO My Little Brothers, ALFRED, ARTHUR, HERBERT, LEWIS, AND CECIL, I DEDICATE THIS TALE.