I THE VAGABOND ( To an air of Schubert ) XII WE HAVE LOVED OF YORE ( To an air of Diabelli ) XVI ( To the tune of Wandering Willie ) XIX TO DR. HAKE ( On receiving a Copy of Verses ) XXIX TO KALAKAUA ( With a present of a Pearl ) XXXIII TO MY WIFE ( A Fragment ) XLIII TO S. R. CROCKETT ( On receiving a Dedication ) AND OTHER VERSES by eighth impression LONDON The following collection of verses, written at various times and places, principally after the author’s final departure from England in 1887, was sent home by him for publication some months before his death. He had tried them in several different orders and under several different titles, as “Songs and Notes of Travel,” “Posthumous Poems,” etc., and in the end left their naming and arrangement to the present editor, with the suggestion that they should be added as Book III. to future editions of “Underwoods.” This suggestion it is proposed to carry out; but in the meantime, for the benefit of those who possess “Underwoods” in its original form, it has been thought desirable to publish them separately in the present volume. They have already been included in the Edinburgh Edition of the author’s works. S. C. CONTENTS
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