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HOMER, Iliad, x. 249.

He whistled as he went, for want of thought.

DRYDEN.

[First published in 1807.]

VOL. I.

B

ΤΟ

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

FREDERICK, EARL OF CARLISLE,'

KNIGHT OF THE GARTER, ETC. ETC.

THE

SECOND EDITION OF THESE POEMS

IS INSCRIBED,

BY HIS OBLIGED WARD

AND AFFECTIONATE KINSMANI

THE AUTHOR.

[Isabella, daughter of William, fourth Lord Byron (greatgreat uncle of the Poet), became, in 1742, the wife of Henry, fourth Earl of Carlisle, and was the mother of the fifth Earl, to whom this dedication was addressed. This lady was a poetess in her way. The Fairy's Answer to Mrs. Greville's "Prayer for Indifference," in Pearch's Collection, is usually ascribed to her.]

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