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Excerpt from Address for the Fiftieth Anniversary of an Odd Fellow's Lodge: And Other Poems, Chiefly Occasional
Like the indulgent mother who gathers her children, regardless of their merits, into one circle at her fireside, so I bring together my verses, some of which have led a precarious life in the periodical publications of the day.
They were written at intervals extending over a period of many years, prompted by subjects as they occasionally presented themselves.
Some of the earlier poems reflect the romance and sentiments of youth, being written in the springtime of life when nature wears a continuous smile and Hope points to a pathway strewn with roses.
The author is desirous that they should appear as they were written for whatever merit or demerit they may possess.

Now go, my humble booklet, go,
Perhaps thy feeble art,
May still a few stray sunbeams throw
Upon a friendly heart.

C. L. L. .