C. Whittingham, College House, Chiswick.

то

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS

THE PRINCE OF WALES.

SIR,

IN allowing me to dedicate this Work to your Royal Highness, you have conferred upon me an honour, which I feel very sensibly and I have only to regret, that the pages which you have thus distinguished, are not more deserving of such illustrious patronage.

Believe me, SIR,

With every sentiment of respect,

Your Royal Highness's

Very grateful and devoted Servant,

THOMAS MOORE.

ADVERTISEMENT.

IT may be necessary to mention, that in arranging the Odes, the Translator has adopted the order of the Vatican MS. For those who wish to refer to the original, he has prefixed an Index, which marks the number of each Ode in Barnes and the other editions.