Elegies and Other Small Poems

Project Gutenberg's Elegies and Other Small Poems, by Matilda Betham This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Elegies and Other Small Poems Author: Matilda Betham Release Date: February 20, 2004 [EBook #11193] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ELEGIES AND OTHER SMALL POEMS *** Produced by Jonathan Ingram, David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. ELEGIES AND OTHER SMALL POEMS BY MATILDA BETHAM. To the Hon. LADY JERNINGHAM. Madam, The many endearing instances of regard I have experienced since I had the honor of being known to your Ladyship, while they impress my mind with gratitude, flatter my hopes with a favourable reception of the following miscellanies, which, under your patronage, I venture to submit to the public. Considered as the first essays of an early period of life, and as the exercises of leisure, my wishes suggest, that they may not, perhaps, be found wholly unworthy of attention; but whatever be their fate with others, I shall feel myself much gratified, if, in your Ladyship's judgment, they may be allowed some merit.