FA) JI. 22 THE FEAST OF THE POETS, WITH NOTES, AND OTHER PIECES IN VERSE, - Leigh Hant, EDITOR OF THE EXAMINER, « London Printed and Published by Van Winkle and Wiley, Corner of Wall and New-streets. DEDICATION. TO THOMAS MITCHELL, ESQ. Late Fellow of Sydney College, Cambridge. MY DEAR MITCHELL, Allow me to surprise you with a Dedication. It is not quite so disinterested a one as you may imagine, for it is a cheap way of paying my debts for many an hour of enjoyment in health, and refreshment in sickness; and besides, I wish to show that alarming body of people, called “ some persons,” that the most unaccommodating politician need not absolutely want friends, and warm ones, even among those who have ininds of their own. You and I differ upon more than one point of importance, public as well as private ; but on the sub |